Nexus phones are getting new emoji next week before other Android devices An update coming to Android Nexus phones next well is bringing new emoji. Android’s SVP Hiroshi Lockheimer showed them off in a tweet announcing the update. The new icons are part of the Unicode 8.0 standard, which is already available on iOS. To

Google’s new Cloud Vision API helps teach machines to better understand images Google announced today that it’s offering up its powerful image recognition through the release of Google Cloud Vision API. The robust REST API uses Google’s image recognition tools that help give context to photos so that machines may understand then in the same way

How directed daydreaming helps your creativity Writers often come up with their best ideas when doing something other than writing. Agatha Christie used to mull over her murderous plot lines eating apples in the bath while Dickens spent hours each day strolling around London. So if you can’t crack that darned second act – what’s

Samsung agrees to pay Apple $548 million for copying its iPhone designs The smartphone industry is fiercely competitive, and Apple and Samsung are leaders in grappling to be the world’s number one. The two companies have been embroiled in a court case since 2011 when Apple accused Samsung of copying its design of the iPhone.

Twitter applies to trademark the ‘subtweet’ in the US and Europe Twitter looks poised to trademark the subtweet – a term that generally refers to mentioning someone in a tweet without tagging them using their ‘@’ handle. The company has filed for the trademark in at least the UK and US, with the applications being