Randy Suess, a computer hobbyist who helped build the first online bulletin board, anticipating the rise of the internet, messaging apps and social media, died on Dec. 10 in Chicago. He was 74.

It's a sad week if you've ever posted on a social network or an internet forum. Randy Suess, the creator of the software for first online public bulletin board, died on December 10th at the age of ...

Christensen was a computer scientist credited with creating the Computerized Bulletin Board System (CBBS) in 1978, which let users exchange information through a dial-up connection. Although ...