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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: emoticon

emoticon stories: 4 news summaries

 Emoticons Invade 
 Academia 

Teaching millennials causes new frustrations for college writing professors

Sep 7, 09 4:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - College professors have lamented the state of student writing for centuries. But today’s Internet-obsessed culture brings new, infuriating errors to Writing 101 as students brazenly use colloquialisms like “:-)” and “LOL” in essays. “Occasionally, I've seen someone using the number 4 for the word 'for,'”... More »

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education • Internet • writing • college • online • instant messaging • emoticon • smiley face • texting • Cal State San Marcos • University of San Diego

 Russian Slaps ™ On ;-) 

Entrepreneur seeks to nudge businesses into paying $$$ for use of emoticon

Dec 12, 08 6:01 AM CST
(Newser) - A Russian businessman says he has been granted the trademark for the ;-) emoticon and will start charging for its use, the BBC reports. The entrepreneur, president of the Superfone mobile phone advertising company, doesn't plan to go after individual users but intends to ask corporations to pay for a... More »

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Russia • text message • trademark • emoticon • texting • patent

Say Hello
to Generation Duh

Tech-savvy, yes, but far dumber than age cohorts past

May 13, 08 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Today's youth are dangerously dumb, Mark Bauerlein writes in his new book, The Dumbest Generation. Here's why:
  1. Check out Jay Leno's "Jaywalking," where "the ignorance is hard to believe."
  2. They boast "a new attitude," taking pride in their illiteracy.
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education • social networking • Internet • Web 2.0 • generation gap • emoticon • teenager

Happy 25th Anniversary!  :-)

First emoticon launched global communication revolution

Sep 18, 07 3:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - They didn't seem significant at the time, but three keystrokes typed exactly 25 years ago tomorrow marked a groundbreaking change in the way we communicate. The keystrokes— a colon, hyphen and a right parenthesis—formed the first smiley-face emoticon. The were created on a computer bulletin board by artificial intelligence... More »

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Internet • email • Scott E. Fahlman • emoticon • smiley face

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