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A Texas man has filed a lawsuit against a woman he went on a date with because she was texting in the cinema.

Brandon Vezmar, 37, said he complained about the unnamed woman’s phone use during their viewing of Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2.

She refused and walked out after Mr Vezmar repeated his requests.

At least 20,000 women are working as online sex workers in Turkey, earning up to 4,500 Turkish Liras per month, daily Habertürk has reported. 

Speaking to the newspaper, the administrator of one such website, identified only by the initials A.K., said he employed 600 women as sex workers using either webcams or written messages, earning an average of 26 liras per hour.

From a humble smiley face with a box mouth and inverted "V's" for eyes, crude weather symbols and a rudimentary heart, emoji have now exploded into the world's fastest-growing language.

There are now about 1,800 emoji characters and counting. They cover everything from emotions and food to professions, are racially diverse and have become an integral part of the smartphone age.

Now you can do more than just "like" something on Facebook.

The social media giant on Feb. 24 rolled out its new expanded "reactions" feature which allows its users to express a range of emotions -- "like, love, haha, wow, sad or angry."  

We know LOL and OMG but the kids have one up over their parents. ParentInfo, however, is a new site that helps parents better understand the lingoused by their children. These include acronyms such as:
GNOC (Get naked on camera)
IWSN (I want sex now)
PAW (Parents are watching)
CD9 (Parents are around)
MOS (Mum looking over shoulder)

High government officials are using chat programs for communication

High government officials are using chat programs for communication rather then SMS messages. President Tomislav Nikolic is using WhatsApp, as well as the Minister of foreign affairs Ivica Dacic.

Montenegrins will get mobile phone text messages in future, informing them about scheduled elections and where they can vote, under amendments to the Law on Election of Councillors and MPs.

The government proposed the amendments in February and parliament's Committee on Political System, Justice and Administration was due to discuss the new regulations on Friday.

Mobile phone users in Greece were advised on Friday to ignore a text message claiming they have won 850,000 pounds sterling.

The police’s Cyber Crime unit said that a message – reading “Your mobile number has won 850,000 British pounds in the ongoing Samsung promo. Visit and click on prize at the top of the menu. Your Samsung: 10965” – was fake.

A 35-year-old man was arrested in Thessaloniki on Saturday for allegedly threatening a woman’s life via text message.

The suspect was demanding 200 euros from the woman.