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finland's new emoji are so metal I'm Bridget Carey this is your cnet update emoji the cartoon images in our text messages are becoming a more powerful force in our daily communication so I guess it should come as no surprise to hear that the country of Finland has made its own official emoji these icons represent what the country is best known for nokia phones head-banging to heavy metal and sitting naked in saunas of course this is not a joke the country actually made an emoji for the nokia 3310 which was one of the highest selling mobile phones of all time and designed in Finland these are free emojis to be released online starting in december with one image day and it's being made in the style of an Advent Christmas calendar people will be able to get the calendar at xmas Finland f5 back in the US companies continue to find creative ways to use emoji the aloft hotel in New York's financial district which you order room service by emoji menus in the room tell you what combo of emoji to text to get certain things so if you text a water droplet a pill and a banana you'll be charged ten dollars for the hangover cure package which includes vitamin water advil and bananas but if you're an emoji power user you're going to need the Bluetooth wireless emoji keyboard by emoji works it's a normal keyboard that also makes it quick to send the icons instead of hunting through lists and copying and pasting the keyboard includes many of the newest icons like a unicorn taco and I rolling smiley and you can also set skin tones for people icons there are three different models but the one with the most emoji on the keys is a hundred dollars it works on mac and Windows 10 machines of course this is going to be hot for any kids in the house but there's a product that parents may like it's called circle and it partnered with Disney to give parents remote control of what their kids are doing on their phones and tablets now aside from the usual safe browsing parental controls this can also limit how much time a kid gets on a certain app and a parent can pause the internet at any time devices also have a bedtime and a wake time and the master account can see how much time is being spent on certain apps like how long they play Minecraft it pairs with home Wi-Fi and it costs a hundred dollars that's it for this tech news update and there's more at cnet com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey