Using the wrong emoji can cost you — literally

http://toastmeetsjam.com/inner-circle/why-does-he-do-that/attachment/girl-frustrated-and-confused A recent case in the Israeli courts saw a defendant pay $3000 over a few texts and emojis See the original article on CBC.ca from May 2016, 2017 Imagine if an emoji — one casually fired off in a text-message conversation — ended up costing the sender thousands of dollars. Or $3,000, to be exact.

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Facebook kind of, somewhat continues to crack down on fake news

Does Facebook really want to stop the spread of fake news, or does it just want to stop being blamed for it? See the original article on CBC.ca from May 10, 2017 Another election, another cycle of fake news. And Facebook is, once again, caught in the middle. In the U.S. presidential election, the rise

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In the world of technology, it all keeps coming back to privacy

Privacy is the issue that sucks up all the air in most debates about modern technology See the original article on CBC.ca from May 2, 2017 Every week, there’s a new story with the same issues. As a columnist, I’m constantly on the lookout for something happening in tech that will make for an interesting discussion.

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Facebook says its mind-reading project is all about improving our lives. Yeah… right

Surely advertisers aren’t interested in getting into our heads, right? See the original article on CBC.ca from April 24, 2017 Last week, Facebook announced that it’s working on new technology to read our minds — yes, you read that right — all in the interest of making our lives easier. That’s according to Regina Dugan,

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