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History of Emoticons on Facebook

Facebook emoticons development revealed through a rigorous process. Facebook engineer Arturo Bejar said, emoticons it departs from the book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, Charles Darwin published works of the late 19th century, around the 1800's. The engineer also revealed emoticons created by hiring a UC Berkeley psychologist, Dacher Keltner. Initially the idea was only in the form of text emoticons are presenting a problem communicating. However, because the words felt less attached, end users naturally create a text-based emoticons to express, for example :) for a smile sign. And they feel there is still a lack of individual types of expressions emoticon. From there, emoticons were created based on the image.

Source: http://teknologi.news.viva.co.id/news/read/412811-ini-sejarah-facebook-ciptakan-emoticon

Various Mobile / Smartphone Owned World Leaders

As state leaders, names like President Obama or President Putin certainly need a powerful communication tool to assist their activities. Here are some of the world leaders he has with smartphones

Barack Obama
President Obama use the Blackberry as a primary communication tool. Obama Blackberry tuned with special security system so that the contents do not leak or intercepted communications.

Kim Jong Un
The North Korean leader was seen wearing a limited edition HTC phones Hello Kitty.

Xi Jinpin
Chinese President Xi Jinping has not been seen in public wearing the phone. But his wife, Li Yuan, often seen using the iPhone 5.

Yingluck Shinawatra
Thailand's first woman Prime Minister is wearing many types of phones. One was a white Nokia Lumia 920.

Putin Vkadimir
Since 2012 Putin-use Android phone MTS Glonass 945, made in Russia.

David Cameron
British Prime Minister is known as the BlackBerry lovers.

Source: http://www.tempo.co/read/news/2013/09/16/097513606/Ini-Telepon-Para-Presiden-dan-PM-Dunia

Iran Unblock Facebook and Twitter

Good news for the people of Iran. After about four years, Iran blocked access to Facebook and Twitter since 2009, Iran finally opened internet access to Facebook and Twitter. Ahmadinejad's victory in the presidential election a second time in 2009, triggering massive protests through social networking. New presidential administration, Hassan Rouhani, giving a signal to put on a different strategy from the hardline predecessor. However, none of the official information released by the Iranian government on the opening of access to social networks in the country.

Source: http://www.metrotvnews.com/tekno/read/2013/09/17/13/182108/-Iran-Cabut-Pemblokiran-Facebook-dan-Twitter