They are part of the long tradition of devices and means of getting information about financial matters, from the mail to boats, stagecoaches, horses, carrier pigeons (no kidding), and even the development of a private semaphore signaling system between New York and Philadelphia in the 1830s. A. Calahan of the American Telegraph Company numerous innovations ensued, including one of Thomas Edison’s earliest successes, the Universal Stock Ticker in 1871. Stock market tickers were nothing more than specialty telegraph printers for stock transactions, introduced in 1867, most popularly by E. I’m Joe Janes of the University of Washington Information School. So I’ll do my best to make it interesting or at least suitably gory – and there’s even a parade at the end.Ī document that changed the world: Ticker tape, recording transactions on the New York Stock Exchange in late October 1929. It’s also a story of infrastructure, which is, almost by definition, pretty dull. This is a story of fortunes lost, lives ruined, a world plunged into a decade of depression, the end of an era. We take that ability so much for granted that waiting for details or updates, reloading and refreshing, can be frustrating, and it’s difficult to imagine what it would be like not to be completely connected all the time. ![]() So, what’s the latest? In our 24/7, up to the microsecond world, you can follow events a world away almost in real time, while keeping up with what your friends are wearing and eating via their Instagram accounts.
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