Apple and Google unveiled their new emoji coming to devices later this year. The two companies released around 60 emoji based on the ones approved by the Unicode Consortium earlier this year. Among the new entries is a slew of disability-themed emoji such as people with prosthetic limbs, people using wheelchairs along with guide-dogs and comfort-dogs. There’s a new yawning…
One of the hardest things to do shopping online is picturing how the item really looks. You’re only going by the photos. This is especially difficult if you’re buying furniture or a TV. Now many online retailers are offering augmented reality that puts the product in your home. Let’s take a look at what’s the centerpiece in many rooms. A…
Many Amazon customers had trouble placing orders and shopping on day one of Amazon Prime Day. Here’s what’s happening: A customer goes to make a purchase and instead of getting a verification that the order was placed, they see this: a photo of a dog. The reason? Too many people shopping at the same time. Even Amazon and its servers…
A high school student in New Hampshire is being called a ‘pioneer’ after becoming one of the youngest people to undergo gender reassignment surgery. But her long and challenging journey began when she was just a child. At 17 years old, Emily Tressa finally feels fully herself. Last month, she became one of the youngest patients in the country to…
We may not have time to sit down to read a book, but we’ve all got time for a text message. That’s the idea behind a creative app called “Hooked”. Stories are told by characters who are sending to texts to one another. I’ve been reading the story of a young woman who gets a mysterious text from an unknown…
If you’re one of the 100 million Amazon Prime members ready to shop, you may be priming yourself for the 5th annual Prime Shopping Day (this year it’s actually a 2-day event). Last year’s Prime Day was Amazon’s biggest shopping day in history as shoppers spent over $100 million and the company reportedly processed over 17 million transactions. This year…
An amazing video of a supposed robot throwing a strike with a bowling ball has Twitter and Facebook users wide-eyed. The video appears to show a large robot at a bowling alley, picking up a ball, spinning it around with its arm and literally throwing the ball through the air striking the head pin in mid-air. It isn’t real. The…
Jack’s is opening one of its newest stores in Troy. The new Jack’s, located at 1250 US Highway 231, Troy, AL 36081, will open at 5:00 a.m. on July 29. The grand opening celebration, “Five Days of Jack’s,” will run all week and feature a different giveaway each day. The first 50 customers in line at 5:00 a.m. on July…
Brundidge police officers are investigating a murder after a gas station clerk was found shot to death early Wednesday morning. The homicide happened inside the Gulf gas station off Highway 10. Neil Purush Kumar has been identified as the victim in the shooting. Kumar was a computer science graduate student at Troy University. University officials were notified of his death by…
A white professor at historically black Tuskegee University says he’s suing the school, claiming he’s been denied the salary he deserves because of discrimination. Physics professor Marshall Burns says he hasn’t considered leaving Tuskegee because he loves teaching students. He says he gets an associate professor’s salary despite being a full professor since 1980. He says he’s asked for a…
