en-ug-hotdailynews: 2015-02-25 Uganda Technology

Canadian flag emoji included in Apple's new, racially-diverse character set
CBC.ca
Ready your thumbs Canada; It appears as though our fight for a spot on the emoji keyboard may finally be coming to an end. Apple released the newest beta versions of iOS and OSX to developers this week, and screenshots of the redesigned emoji character ...

Critics are wrong about Apple introducing racist emojis   Los Angeles Times
Apple to roll out racially-diverse emoji   Bay News 9
Here's Where Emoji Skin-Tone Colors Come From   NPR (blog)
Huffington Post
Syracuse.com
Voice of America
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CNET

Microsoft's Band update puts an itty bitty keyboard on your wrist
The Verge
Microsoft has been experimenting with smartwatch keyboards for Android Wear, and now the company is bringing a similar concept to its own Band hardware. In its first major update, Microsoft's Band has become a lot more useful for Windows Phone users, ...

Microsoft still committed to its first wearable, even if you can't buy the thing   Dallas Business Journal (blog)
Microsoft updates Health app for Microsoft Band   Computer Business Review
Microsoft Band Getting Web Dashboard, Tools for Bikers   PC Magazine
TechCrunch
Geeky Gadgets
ThaiTech Asia
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Acer to launch Windows phone at Mobile World Congress show
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, Feb. 24 (CNA) Taiwanese computer maker Acer Inc. (宏碁) is set to unveil a new smartphone running on the mobile version of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 10 operating system, at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Spain next week.
Microsoft's New App Will Help You Stalk Your Friends   TIME
Microsoft's People Sense App for Windows Phone Leaked in Video   NDTV
Microsoft should trash its new Windows 10 Recycle Bin   The Verge
India Today
Firstpost
PC Magazine
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Apple's 'Project Titan' shaking up US automotive market
Catholic Online
In a market sometimes dictated by fad or fancy, Apple's announcement to hurry an electric car into production in a few short years - called "Project Titan," has inspired widespread consumer excitement. While auto companies typically take seven years to ...

Who's Building Apple's Electric Car?   Wall St. Cheat Sheet
Apple Car Coming Soon? What It Means for Investors in Apple Inc. Stock   Motley Fool
Why Apple Inc. May Just Buy Tesla Motors Inc   ValueWalk
The Week Magazine
Top Tech News
ETF Daily News
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IBNLive

Pebble Time smartwatch raises more than $1 million in less than an hour of ...
IBNLive
New Delhi: Pebble Time, the latest smartwatch by Pebble Technology, garnered more than a million dollars on project-funding website Kickstarter within an hour of getting listed. The company announced its latest smartwatch on February 24 and through a ...

Smartwatch already breaking records   NEWS.com.au
Pebble's First Color Display Smartwatch Breaks Kickstarter Record   Inc.com
The New Pebble Time Smart Watch from Pebble Debuts on Kickstarter!   JBG News
Forbes
Quartz
The Verge
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Quartz

Google bans porn, sexually explicit pics from Blogger
Times of India (blog)
Porn and other sexually explicit images will be banned from Blogger, with Google giving users one month to comply or get banned from hosting public blogs. Users must take down all "sexually explicit or graphic nude images or video", or their sites will be ...

Google Clamping Down On Nudity, Adult Content On Blogger Platform   CBS Local
Google takes aim at blog porn   The Australian (blog)
Blogger cracks down on porn   NEWS.com.au (blog)
BuzzFeed News
National Monitor
Mashable
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