Google seems to be testing allowing searchers to “heart” and other emoji reactions a photo in the local search results. This can be a way for Google to learn if the images uploaded to the hotel listing is useful to searchers and maybe also help searchers interact with the Google local search results more. This […]
Ever seen an Instagram emoji fail IRL? Maybe your grandma used an eggplant emoji in a… compromising place. Or, your uncle was trying to be funny and added the poop emoji to his bio. Yikes. Whatever the case, emoji etiquette exists. Understanding the meaning and placement of emojis is essential to avoiding terrible, embarrassing communication […]
Elon Musk’s ‘Twitter 2.0’ is increasingly looking like Twitter 1.0 with minor tweaks, with various elements like tweet view counts, up and downvotesand subscriptions all tested at different times in the past, and all abandoned due to previous Twitter management finding no major value in them. But that, of course, doesn’t necessarily mean that they […]
A key element of Meta’s metaverse push is the use of digital avatars in more ways, as it looks to turn these virtual representations into more habitual interaction tools, in all aspects. The main platform in this regard is VR, with users interacting via their cartoonish proxies within wholly immersive spaces. But Meta also wants […]
Have you ever been watching a Reel on Facebook and thought ‘man, I really wish I could assign a Reaction here to show the creator how I feel about it, in emoji form’? Well, you may be in luck, with Facebook now developing reels reactionswhich would provide another way to respond to its short-form video […]
BRUCE BISPING¬ • bbisping@startribune.com Brooklyn Center, MN., Thursday, May 31, 2007. Officer Kim … [+]Potter is part of the Brooklyn Center Police negotiating group. (Photo by Bruce Bisping / Star Tribune via Getty Images Star Tribune via Getty Images Kim Potter, a former Minnesota police officer, offered her emotional testimony in her defense. 49-year-old Potter […]