ccording to Professor Vyvyan Evans, an expert in language and communication, we are now living in the ‘age of emoji’ where the ‘stratospheric rise of emoji’ largely fulfils the function of non-verbal cues in spoken communication.The nature of modern communication in hyper-shortened digital snippets has made it more challenging than ever before to convey our true non-verbal … [Read more...]
Trademark Wars: The Lannisters & Starks Of The Chocolate World
Epic power battles are not isolated to the world of George R Martin.In a bitter rivalry comparable to the conflict between Houses 'Lannister' and 'Stark' of popular TV series, Game Of Thrones, Nestle and Cadbury have been engaged in a legal conflict spanning almost as long as A Song Of Ice And Fire. It started in 2004 when Nestle contested an application … [Read more...]