Earlier this year the standards that define email turned 37 years old. That means that, since 1983, the same basic method has underpinned the sending and receiving of email messages over the internet. The first underlying concepts were published back in 1973 – that’s an astonishing 46 years ago. Sure, things have changed, standards have...

Picture the scene (it’s one that we all know very well) – it’s a typical mid-week morning, I’m standing at the platform waiting for my train to arrive, it’s early. As I look around, at least 80% of people waiting are on their phones – checking email, looking at their social feeds or watching...