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The secret double meanings of emoji

Caitlin Dewey Washington Post
Feb 20, 2016 6:38 am - Recently, some engineers at the visual tech firm Curalate set out to make a tool that could automatically caption Instagrams with emoji. It was a chance to mess around w...
App reviews: Forest, Music Memos

Hayley Tsukayama Washington Post
Feb 20, 2016 6:37 am - Can't seem to put down your smartphone? Believe it or not, there's an app to help you. Forest is a sort of glorified timer: Users set an amount of time to focus on a tas...
The Tupperware party that ate your Facebook feed

Ellen McCarthy Washington Post
Feb 20, 2016 6:36 am - What if the Bible was wrong? What if the End Times aren't all fire and famine and plagues across the land? What if, instead, it's just a giant Tupperware party? One we c...
If you hate telemarketers, you'll love this robot designed to waste their time

Matt McFarland Washington Post
Feb 20, 2016 6:35 am - Anyone frustrated with telemarketers may have a new best friend. A Los Angeles man with an unusual passion for phone systems created a new robotic answering service that...
Smartphone can alert users to earthquakes

Stefan Nicola Bloomberg News
Feb 20, 2016 6:34 am - A new app developed by U.S. scientists can turn your smartphone into an earthquake sensor and potentially save lives. Researchers from the University of California at Be...
Parents are clueless about teens' use of messaging apps

Michael S. Rosenwald Washington Post
Feb 20, 2016 6:33 am - Teenagers, a historically wily demographic, are increasingly moving their digital social lives from public sites where their parents hang out to smartphone messaging app...
New apps to find a date - or dump one

Washington Post
Feb 20, 2016 6:32 am - Dating apps can be as plentiful and puzzling as Tinder profiles. Here's some help weeding through the offerings, courtesy of The Washington Post's Solo-ish blog: Happen ...
Google is considering a role in the future of television

Brian Fung Washington Post
Feb 20, 2016 6:31 am - Google is increasingly interested in building an alternative to the traditional cable set-top box, according to a top executive for Google Fiber. Milo Medin, vice presid...
Motorola Solutions completes $1B Airwave acquisition

Daily Herald staff report
Feb 19, 2016 12:00 am - Scahumburg-based Motorola Solutions announced it completed its acquisition of Airwave, a public safety network operator, for approximately $1 billion. Airwave, based in ...
Comcast seeks nominees for Innovations 4 Entrepreneurs competition

Feb 16, 2016 12:00 am - CHICAGO - Comcast Business announced it will seek out the nation's most innovative start up companies and entrepreneurs to participate in its Innovations 4 Entrepreneurs...

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