Technology – Ringo Lingo

What Are the Most Popular Emojis

Ringo Lingo — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 09:01:38 +0000

Out of the 3633 emojis available,? which emoji do you use the most?? If you use the loudly crying face emoji? the most then you are not the only one!? The loudly crying face emoji was the most? popular emoji in the first six months of 2021.? Could this be because some people confuse the? loudly crying face emoji with the laughing crying emoji? or could it just be how people were feeling in 2021?? The second most popular emoji was the tears? of joy emoji and the third was the sparkles.? The fourth most popular emoji? was the red heart emoji.? The heart is the universal symbol of? love and we use this in positive messages.? And to end, the fifth most popular? emoji was the pleading face emoji.? We use this emoji in many ways, both positive? and negative, which means it is a very versatile? emoji and explains why it is so popular!

Why do we use emojis?

Ringo Lingo — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 08:59:25 +0000

Emojis are fun to use.? However, they are also very important.? We use emojis to show emotion when we are? communicating digitally by email, message or chat.? When we communicate digitally,? we cannot see each other’s faces and emojis? help to add context to the topic.? For example, if we use a laughing emoji? when writing a message, it helps to show it’s not? too serious or if we use a sad or crying emoji,? it shows that we’re sad about something or we are? sharing an emotion with the other person.? Emojis are popular around the world? and another great thing about them is that? they are common across all languages!

Emoticons

Ringo Lingo — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 15:25:20 +0000

Emoticons or emotion icons are simple? pictorial representations of facial expressions? using keyboard characters.? The first emoticons are thought to have been written? by a computer scientist in 1982,? who combined several punctuation marks? to represent happy and sad faces.? Intended to help express how the writer is feeling,? emoticons have largely been replaced by emojis? that offer a much broader range of icons? to communicate without using words.

Space Shuttle

Ringo Lingo — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 14:13:17 +0000

The Space Shuttle was a design of space craft? produced in the USA and first launched in 1981.? Unlike all previous space craft, the shuttle? was designed to be reused many times.? This was intended to reduce costs and? make space flight a more routine matter.? However, the complexity made? the programme hugely expensive.? Up to 2012, $211 billion was spent on 135 launches.? Sadly, two of those launches ended in disaster? with the loss of 14 astronauts in total.? However, the Space Shuttles did play a big part in the? construction of the International Space Station.

Who is Beeple?

Ringo Lingo — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 10:04:49 +0000

In 2021, the American artist Mike Winklemann,? better known as Beeple, made news around the world.? In the first digital only art auction by? the auction house Christies, an NFT made up of 5,000? digital images sold for $69 million.? It is not known who bought the work,? but despite spending all that money,? all they will receive is digital files,? many of which are available online.

What is an NFT?

Ringo Lingo — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 09:55:08 +0000

NFT is an acronym for Non-Fungible Token.? A currency like the US dollar? is said to be fungible.? This means that it has a set value so it is? easy to exchange two $5 notes for a $10 note.? NFTs have no set value.? It is also common for them to? have no physical existence.? The majority of NFTs are digital items,? such as images or audio tracks.? The buyer of these NFTs becomes the registered? owner of the digital item, but they? usually do not receive anything else.

Disaster Girl

Ringo Lingo — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 09:47:51 +0000

Disaster Girl is one the best known? and most popular internet memes.? The photo was taken by Dave Roth of his daughter? Zoe as they watched firefighters during a fire drill.? In the photo, Zoe looks into the? camera with a burning house behind.? The impression given is that Disaster Girl started? the fire and this has formed the basis of countless memes.? In 2021, Zoe Roth sold the Disaster Girl meme as? an NFT for almost half a million dollars.

Why 9:41?

Kate Pullen — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 09:42:12 +0000

Have you noticed that in every iPhone? advertisement you see, the time is set to 9:41?? Have you wondered why this is??

The answer is simple!? Steve Jobs presented the first iPhone to the world at 9:41am? and that time has been used as the default time on all? Apple products since then – except one!?

The iWatch does not follow the 9:41 rule and instead? you will notice that the time is set to 10:09.? This is typical for watches and the reason for this? is that when a watch is set to 10:09 it has a pleasing? symmetrical shape which looks good in adverts!? So Apple decided that a watch set to 9:41 just wouldn’t look right,? which is why you will see iWatches set to 10:09 in adverts.

What is a meme?

Ringo Lingo — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 09:40:17 +0000

An internet meme is a phenomenon? of various social media sites.? They’re quite hard to define as the term may apply to? various different forms of digital content.? Most commonly, they’re seen as photos with? humourous captions written on them.? However, they may also be videos,? animations and online challenges.

My Favourite App

Kate Pullen — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 09:33:43 +0000

My favourite app is WhatsApp.? I use WhatsApp every day to talk? and send messages to my family.? I can also use WhatsApp to send photos and videos.? When I am using WhatsApp, I feel really? connected to my family and friends.? WhatsApp is really easy to use and I can use WhatsApp? when I am walking to work or riding on the metro.? I turn my phone off before I go to bed? every night as I don’t want to be disturbed by friends? and family when I am sleeping!