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Overwhelmed by modern social media? Japanese company is bringing back pagers with an emoji-twist
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Casey Baseel
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Pager service officially ends in Japan, funeral service for outdated tech held in Akihabara【Pics】
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Pager service is finally ending in Japan, but how many people still use them?
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Country’s last-remaining pager company announces it’s shutting down its service, but users still have a couple more months to say their good-byes.
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