Is the English language under attack?!

How emojis are damaging English language as we know it.   The headlines this week certainly suggest that the English language is facing an apocalypse of its own – this time caused by a wonder of the modern age: emojis! The concept behind emojis is that they help to infer body language and tone into what otherwise would be plain text. …

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This month in history. Riding the wave of technology since FSTL began 28 years ago. 

It’s quite something – this month FSTL celebrates its 28 year anniversary! So we thought it fitting to look at how far the world of technology has come with a roundup of what’s happened in technological history on various dates in the month of January…  17 January 1882: Thomas Edison was granted a patent for the carbon microphone for the telephone, and created tech history. …

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