The Unicode Consortium, responsible for the emoji that you see (and use) everyday, has released a "reversed hand with middle finger extended" but so far only Microsoft supports it.
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A reviewer accidentally purchased an Xbox One due to Amazon's Apple Watch app and large fingers. The $350 Xbox was bought using "One Click Buy" and includes Assassin's Creed Unity.
Apple has published the number of charge cycles the Watch's battery can endue, and the answer - 1,000 complete cycles - means that the device will last around 2.5 years before needing a replacement.
A new tool allows anybody to check out screenshots from the Apple Watch of various apps, including Clear, Twitter, Yahoo Weather and Shazam, showing how developers are working with the platform.
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Leaked images from the Daily Mail's offices in New York shows an Apple Watch and various band options in their packaging, giving us a first look at the box that the device will come in.
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Microsoft was incorporated on April 4th, 1975 which is exactly 40 years ago today. To mark this occasion, Bill Gates has sent a company wide email hailing the future of the "fantastic company".
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A report from the WSJ is quoting Eric Schmidt as saying that Google Glass' demise was "conflated" by the media and that the technology is being "made ready for users" with a new version.
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