From smoke signals to smartphones: The evolution of communication — mashable.com

Running late to meet a friend and can't quite remember which alleyway the Urban-spoon-recommended café is on? No worries, your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 smartphone (so much smarter than you) can map* out the route and facilitate your instantaneous “B there in 5, soz!” message. You arrive, check-in on FB, go through some IRL catch-up formalities with your mate, send a sneaky Snapchat of them to another friend (Look who I found!), upload an Instagram pic of your poached eggs (captioned: #brunchenvy), check your newsfeed and then summarise the experience in a well-crafted 140-character tweet.**

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