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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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive and was originally broadcast in 1996.

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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project