Companies want to stop the misunderstandings
Misunderstandings hails in SMS and email. But now it can be completed.
A company wants namely launch a new punctuation mark, not unlike the @, in order to show you when you are ironic.

SarcMark called it re-launched punctuation that looks like a spiral with a point and is a cross between an at-sign and an exclamation point. But there is of course a catch. You must download software that allows you to use it. And it costs The SarcMark costs $1.99 to download
Nonetheless; the U.S. company sarcasm Inc. has sold thousands of downloads in one week.

Adding new platforms
The symbol – a dot inside a single spiral line – can be installed onto any PC running Windows 7, XP or Vista, as well as Macs and Blackberry mobile devices.
So far it does not work for Mac and iPhone, but they write on their website that they are constantly adding new platforms.

It can then be used in Word documents, instant messenger conversations, Outlook email and other programs, just by pressing Ctrl and the full stop button. The Michigan Company behind the SarcMark have applied for a patent to protection their invention.
- We have received strong interest from software companies and social networks that want to use SarcMark in their programs, "says Mr. Paul Sak to the British Telegraph.

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