Emoji use is growing at an exponential rate, especially amongst the kids, a new study believes. TalkTalk and Bangor University Professor of Linguistics Vyv Eyans have quizzed 2,000 Brits on their use of the colourful emoticons, we were told today, because that’s the sort of important, eye-opening research humans are doing in 2015. Four in ten of us have sent messages entirely made up of emoji, claims the study, while
Starting from today we’re going to have to start referring to Deezer as an audio streaming service rather than just a music streaming one. It’s now offering a large, and growing, catalogue of spoken word content. By virtue the acquisition of Stitcher late last year Deezer is now able to deliver over 20,000 different podcasts and radio shows via its web portal and apps. Having integrated its radio and podcast
NEW YORK (AP) — MSNBC host Steve Kornacki is writing a book on how the politics of the past shapes the present.
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government has charged four cancer charities with misusing more than $187 million in donations, with two agreeing to be dissolved and two fighting the allegations, the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday. The FTC, 50 states and the District of Columbia charged the Cancer Fund of America, Cancer Support Services Inc, the Children’s Cancer Fund of America and the Breast Cancer Society
Leicester Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill says the club will continue to support Manu Tuilagi, despite the centre being left out of England’s World Cup squad.
Two-time major winner Martin Kaymer is hoping patience will be a virtue, as he attempts to turn around three months of poor and mediocre performances into a spell of good form.
Is there anything Anna Kendrick can’t do? After Universal Pictures’ Pitch Perfect 2 debuted at No. 1 with an estimated $70.3 million—more than its predecessor earned in its…
CANNES, France (AP) — Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara are sitting in a bright room, with the Mediterranean all around, atop the Palais des Festival, the hub of the Cannes Film Festival. As the stars of Todd Haynes’ ’50s lesbian romance “Carol,” they’ve been at the very center of Cannes both because “Carol” epitomizes the positive female focus of this year’s festival and because few films have been more lauded
