The messaging system that he and a friend created in 1978 was a forerunner of social media services like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. By Cade Metz Randy Suess, a computer hobbyist who helped build ...

When you think about how to communicate on today’s internet, places like Reddit, eBaum’s World, Facebook, Twitter, and online forums are key. Unlike social media, which is more free-for-all, online ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

Christensen and Suess dubbed the system “Ward and Randy’s Computerized Bulletin Board System,” or CBBS. It was, as the name suggested, an electronic version of the community bulletin boards that you ...

These days, if you want to find a fling, a friend or a cheap used sofa, you might check out craigslist. But decades before Craig Newmark posted his first list, computer users all over the country were ...

We received belated word this week of the passage of Ward Christensen, who died unexpectedly back in October at the age of 78. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, that’s understandable, because the man ...