Apple's Trying To Make iOS Emojis More Racially Diverse

Apple's Trying To Make iOS Emojis More Racially Diverse

After Miley Cyrus quite rightly grumbled about the lack of racial diversity in iOS emojis a long time ago, MTV Act decided to ask Apple what it had done about it. Surprisingly, it turns out, it’s pushing for change!

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BlackBerry Cashes In On BBM With Stickers And Sponsored Posts

BlackBerry Cashes In On BBM With Stickers And Sponsored Posts

Its no secret that BlackBerry could use some money. The company has been hemorrhaging cash for the past few years, and with device sales not expected to recover anytime soon, it has to look towards other options. Ever since BlackBerry Messenger was opened up to other platforms, its user base has swelled to over 85 million. The company now looks to cash in on that. Its banking on the popularity of stickers, and will also offer brands the opportunity to sponsor posts in BBM channels.

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    How the New HTC One Compares to Its Toughest Competitors

    How the New HTC One Compares to Its Toughest Competitors

    The new HTC One is here , folks! Last year’s model was one of the best Android phones you could lay hands on, but the smartphone world never rests. How does HTC’s big aluminum prizefighter stack up to the competition? We’ve charted all the most important specs and features for you below.

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    Telegram Arrives At 35 Million Users Milestone

    Telegram Arrives At 35 Million Users MilestoneInstant messaging has definitely offered tough and serious competition to the traditional SMS model, and in the realm of instant messaging apps itself, the rivalry is fierce. When WhatsApp suffered from an outage in February this year, another service known as Telegram actually gained a few million users along the way. Well, Telegram now has 35 million members, where 15 million of them happen to be active members who make use of Telegram on a daily basis. In fact, in the past 30 days alone, the Telegram app has received a whopping 8 billion messages.

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    LG Launches New Smart Bulb, Connects via Bluetooth or WiFi

    LG Smart BulbLG announced the release of a new Smart Bulb in the coming days in Korea that interacts with you through your iOS or Android device. This new LED light bulb comes with some pretty nifty features which are already leaving us wanting in the US.

    This simple but handy features include blinking the light when you have a call on your device, and having a light slowly brighten as a silent alarm from your mobile device. The LG Smart Bulb can also be set to turn on and off for periods of time during the day while you are away on vacation to make house look as if someone is home. Another cool feature allows your mobile OS to set mood lighting based on the music that it’s playing. So having some really intense music will generate a bright light, while more subdued music will generate low light.

    The bulb will be for sale in Korea in the coming days for around $32 which sounds like a bargain to us considering it is supposed to last up to just over 18,000 hours.

    This App Lets You Chat Even When You Have No Reception

    This App Lets You Chat Even When You Have No Reception

    It’s not too often these days that an iPhone still surprises you. We’ve more or less seen it all by now. Except, we haven’t. FireChat is a new app that takes advantage of a little-known iOS feature that makes it easy to set up and run a network even when there’s no cellular signal.

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    Photowall for Chromecast makes TVs shared scrapbooks [Updated]

    Google has turned Chromecast-equipped TVs into collaborative media walls, releasing a new app for iOS called Photowall. Billed as a “Chrome Experiment” the app – which as of writing has … Continue reading

    Google Launches Photowall iOS And Android Apps For Beaming Collaborative Galleries To Chromecast

    Google has launched a new iOS and Android app with Chromecast-specific features called Photowall. The app, as detailed by 9to5Mac, lets users send photos from their device to their Chromecast-connected TV, and works with either one iPhone user or a group on the same network. There are also photo editing features that let you doodle and make notes on images displayed on the big screen. Finally, the… Read More

    Apple adds 3D flyover support for three more cities

    Apple has been working hard to make its maps better and improve what users think of its maps service after the fiasco when Apple Maps first rolled out. The maps … Continue reading

    Twitter #Music Bites The Dust

    Twitter #Music Bites The Dust

    Twitter #Music has been around for over a year. It never really took off after its launch, which came as a result of We Are Hunted’s acquisition by Twitter back in 2012. The team behind We Are Hunted built Twitter #Music as a service that provide users with an entirely new method for music discovery, based on what music and artists were generating the most buzz on Twitter. Active development on the iOS app has been halted for months, and today it was officially announced that Twitter #Music will no longer be available on the App Store.

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