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Could a text become your will? The plans to revolutionise 'outdated' legacy system
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 13.7.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | law, texting, word/writing
Summary | The Law Commission thinks that the legacy system is outdated and that it needs to be updated to keep up with our digital world. For instance, the Commission suggests that we should allow notes, emails and voicemail messages instead of a written will.
Image Description | Photograph of a part of a written will
France launches 'tick alert app' in frantic bid to map Lyme disease explosion as blight 'moves North'
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 17.7.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone, threat
Summary | France launched a new app to map Lyme disease as it's moving north to Britain. The app is supposed to track ticks, which can cause Lyme disease. Users can show where they were bitten and send photos of the ticks.
Image Description | Photographs of ticks and other animals, and screenshots of the app and of a Tweet
Image Tags | Twitter
Can travel still broaden the minds of the smartphone generation?
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 17.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | addiction, smartphone, technology-free, threat, youth
Summary | William Sutcliffe is the author of "Are You Experienced?"; he complains about the smartphone generation and how new technologies have changed travel and backpacking. According to Sutcliffe, it almost looks like people's experiences and adventures today haven't really happened until they have been shared, liked, and commented on. Travels are important for young people; once you're cut off from everything familiar, you can be challenged and see the world from a new perspective. But in today's digital world, is it still possible to cut yourself off from home?
Image Description | Photograph of 5 young people taking a selfie with a selfie stick, drawing of the front page of the book Are you Experienced?, picture of a young man holding a smartphone and looking at it, young woman using her smartphone and looking at it, photograph of a landscape and someone's legs, portrait of a young woman
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), selfie, selfie stick, smartphone
Why you should 'love' instead of 'like' the Facebook posts that really matter to you
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 28.2.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, Facebook
Summary | Facebook said that its new reaction buttons (love, sad, angry) are most influential that the like button. The reaction buttons help decide which stories users will find interesting. According to Facebook, if people choose a reaction (instead of a "like") it means that they would want to see that type of post. The most popular reaction on FB is love.
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Why are people posting the 8-Ball emoji on Facebook and what does it mean?
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 8.3.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Facebook users have been posting the 8-ball emoji to raise awareness about prostate cancer. Men (and only men) are supposed to share the emoji and ask their friends to share it as well.
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How emojis can save your relationship - and help men understand what women mean
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 21.5.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, gender
Summary | Emojis are everywhere and are used by 90% of internet users in the world. Professor Vyvyan Evans said that emojis might help men and women get along better since emojis help clarify messages with non-verbal cues. If people add emojis in their text messages, there is less misunderstanding.
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Dutch architect designs 'emoji gargoyles' to brighten up buildings
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 24.4.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | A Dutch architected decided to decorate buildings with emoji gargoyles. The new adorned buildings are supposed to represent contemporary society.
Image Description | N/A
Emoji for England, Scotland and Wales flags to be released this year
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 27.1.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Three emojis representing England, Scotland, and Wales flags will be released. The three flags were the most requested emoji flags according to Emojipedia.
Image Description | N/A
Redhead emoji finally on the table after campaign for ginger equality
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 20.1.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis
Summary | The readhead emoji will be released soon. People had been complaining about the lack of ginger emojis. There will be two possibilities: a single readhead emoji, or custom-hair option to choose "red hair". The campaign to introduced a ginger emoji was launched in Scotland.
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These 69 new emoji could be coming to your phone very soon
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 23.3.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | The list of new emoji candidates includes a mermaid, zombie, and vampire emojis.
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