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YOU can send laser light shows, fireworks and other funky effects to your mates on iPhone using these secret codewords. Typing the codes on iMessage triggers a variety of animations that can spice up your chats. The feature has been available on iPhone for some time, but Apple fans began posting about it on social media again this week. Alongside the laser effect, you can also make balloons float up from the bottom of your mate's screen on their birthday. When January rolls around, fireworks will burst across the message if you wish someone “happy new year”. We've put together a list of the best effects below. How to send an iMessage screen effect To send a fun animation to someone, simply type one of the codewords below into iMessage. The recipient must have an iPhone for the effect to show. If you'd rather not use a codeword, you can always hold down on the blue send button after typing out your message. This will present you with a list of effects you … [Read more...] about Secret iMessage codewords let you send hidden effects to your mates – including ‘pew pew’ and ‘fireworks’

Khloe Kardashian shared another image to Instagram on Friday where she looked incredibly slender. The 36-year-old mogul was in all black as she was pushing her Good American shoes which have restocked recently. Like her last set of images, the star had unusually long legs and a tin waist which the mother to True Thompson blamed on a camera lens. SLIM is in: Khloe Kardashian shared another image to Instagram on Friday where she looked incredibly slender. The 36-year-old mogul was in all black as she was pushing her Good American shoes which have restocked recently Just the legs: The day before the girlfriend of Tristan Thompson shared a snap of only her legs. 'Good American Booties x Skims tights,' she said The shoes were Good American leopard print booties. The star was helping out her sister Kim Kardashian by also wearing SKIMS tights. The day before the girlfriend of Tristan Thompson shared a snap of only her legs. 'Good American Booties x Skims … [Read more...] about Khloe Kardashian shares another super skinny photo… after laughing off claims she has been altering her images for Good American

If there was a year when we all started "googling" and a year we all started "facebooking" and "tweeting," then 2020 was the year we all started "zooming." It's not like the company behind Zoom — a US-based videoconferencing platform — invented visual chatting via the internet. Google didn't invent search engines and Facebook didn't invent social blogging, either (or hate speech for that matter). But there's always one that takes off, and that company's name invariably becomes a generic term by which we all do that thing. It's a moment at which we know that that thing has become ubiquitous, socially relevant, and of interest to science. So, we zoom, no matter whether we're on Skype, WhatsApp, Signal, FaceTime, Whereby, Webex, Teams, Moodle, BigBlueButton, WeChat, Telegram, Viber, Slack, Wickr — to name a few in a plethora of contenders, lest we be accused of bias. All videoconferencing platforms have one thing in common, say researchers at Stanford University's Virtual Human … [Read more...] about COVID: Tired of endless videoconferencing?

Justin Bieber announced his latest album release: Justice. The 26-year-old singer revealed the title and cover image of his upcoming sixth studio album on his social media accounts on Friday. 'In a time when there’s so much wrong with this broken planet we all crave healing and justice for humanity. In creating this album my goal is to make music that will provide comfort, to make songs that people can relate to and connect to so they feel less alone,' he captioned the announcement post on Instagram. Justice: Justin Bieber revealed the title and cover image of his upcoming sixth studio album on his social media accounts on Friday: Justice 'Suffering, injustice and pain can leave people feeling helpless. Music is a great way of reminding each other that we aren’t alone. Music can be a way to relate to one another and connect with one another,' he continued explaining his high hopes for the music's impact. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next … [Read more...] about Justin Bieber announces new album Justice which he hopes will ‘provide comfort’ for fans so ‘they feel less alone’

After weeks of snow and subzero temperatures, there is a touch of spring in the air in late February in Berlin. Thousands of people are out on the streets. In busy areas, just a handful wear masks. Although nonessential retailers remain closed and eateries are only open for takeouts, long lines snake outside every coffee shop, artisanal bakery and outdoor food market. It would be easy to forget that Germany has been in lockdown for nearly four months and strict contact limits remain in place. And the lockdown is no longer working: COVID-19 cases have begun to rise again, and experts say Germany is heading into the third wave of the pandemic. The vaccine rollout is going slower than in other countries like the US and the UK, and the spread of virus variants is on the rise, most notably the more contagious B.1.1.7 British mutation. Lockdowns less popular "All the data and surveys so far show that a large majority still follow the rules," Rolf van Dick, professor of social … [Read more...] about COVID: Germany in lockdown lethargy