USA Today's Facebook-inspired use of emojis gets thumbs down
by Jasper Jackson from Technology | The Guardian on (#Q7N6)
Print front page using cartoon symbols to show whether stories were happy or sad news criticised on Twitter and elsewhere
The front page of the US's best-selling newspaper may have confused some of its less web-savvy readers on Friday.
Each story on the front page of USA Today's weekend edition was accompanied by an emoji - a small symbol denoting an emotion such as happiness or anger.