Emoji

Smiley faced success for Japan's emoji creator

From a humble smiley face with a box mouth and inverted "V's" for eyes, crude weather symbols and a rudimentary heart, emoji have now exploded into the world's fastest-growing language.

There are now about 1,800 emoji characters and counting. They cover everything from emotions and food to professions, are racially diverse and have become an integral part of the smartphone age.

Jodie Marsh works out naked! (photo)

Jodie Marsh is trying to break the internet with her latest selfie. The former glamour model posed totally starkers as she worked out in the gym. Standing in front of a mirror wearing nothing but a beanie hat and boots, Jodie had two carefully-placed weights cars protecting her modesty. Sharing the picture on Instagram, she wrote: “When you’re naked in the gym and the bars are in just the right

Artwork removed from Istanbul hotel rooftop by municipality for 'visual pollution'

Officials from Istanbul's Beyo?lu Municipality have forced the owners of a hotel to shut down a rooftop screen playing a video by the artist I??l E?rikavuk, citing "visual pollution."

The work titled "Time to Sing a New Song" was on display at YAMA, a public art installation series screened on top of Istanbul's Marmara Pera hotel.

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