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Dave Plowman (News)

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Jun 2, 2013, 5:16:53 AM6/2/13
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Was listening to a prog on R4 yesterday about phone apps, and the 'expert'
was asked where the name came from. he said is was a recent invention -
about 5 years ago - and was short for applications.

Experts these days...

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Tennant Stuart

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Jun 3, 2013, 12:02:00 PM6/3/13
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In article <53556ab...@davenoise.co.uk>,
"Dave Plowman (News)" <da...@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:

> Was listening to a prog on R4 yesterday about phone apps, and the
> 'expert' was asked where the name came from. he said is was a recent
> invention - about 5 years ago - and was short for applications.

> Experts these days...

A lot of people assume that hashtags originated with Twitter.


Tennant Stuart

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