Businessman Trademarks the ;-)

That famous symbol of the ;) or ;-), which is the same in any language, has caught the attention of a Russain businessman, who has trademarked the emoticon and plans to charge companies for its use. It was granted...

The Eyes Have It: Culture and Emotional Cues

Ultimately, people around the world seem to want the same things: happiness, security, a home, food on the table, and a snazzier mobile phone than the person on their right or left. However, our culture and...

Happy 25th, Emoticon :)

Emotive icons, better known as emoticons or facial expressions made by certain series of keystrokes are celebrating 25 years of making people on the net smile :-) or not :-(. Back in 1969, author Vladimir...

Etiquette or netiquette? This is the question

2NITE I’m going to address U AAF. I’m AATK and I hope that U are already AAS, not FMTYEWTK. I’m already FOMCL, imagining U reading this FYI and saying IGTP, IHU, but IIMAD, IHA!

Ask adds smileys and emoticons to its search results

Smiling faces have been popular on the Web and in text messages for years. Now search engine Ask likes and uses them too. A search for :-/ on Ask reveals that the emoticon typically means sceptical, uncertain or wry.

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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