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Touchscreens
First broadcast in 1996. When touchscreens became an everyday object
When touchscreens became an everyday object. Before the tablet, BT introduced Touchpoint, a networked computer system updating users on the latest news and weather.
This is a programme from the BBC World Service Archive and was originally broadcast in 1996.
Picture: Touchscreen, Credit: Getty Images
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