A new Super Bowl ad for BMW flashes back to a time before memes and Twitter -- back when everyone was just started to wrap their heads around the concept of the world wide web. In the clip from 1994, Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel are trying to explain what the Internet is; the "@" symbol proves particularly confusing.
BMW's Super Bowl ad takes us back to a time when nobody 'got' the Internet
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Tricia Gilbride was a Reporter for Mashable Watercooler. Tricia focused on the intersection of celebrity culture and the Internet. Previously, she worked as a fashion writer and a social media manager. She also edits Women-Artists.org, a blog and annual print publication, and looks exactly like her cat.
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