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predcit mood of in coming messages 10:46am Monday 11th June 2012
in News A mobile phone app which can help prevent the user from
having a bad day by predicting the mood of incoming messages has
been developed by Hampshire computer scientists. Lorraine
Chambers, a Master's student at the University of Portsmouth,
has created the app which automatically colour-codes messages so
people know before reading them if they are likely to make them
feel good or bad. The development, for Android phones, aims to
prevent people being surprised by an angry or hostile message
from Twitter, Facebook or text. It would also allow smartphone
users to prepare for bad news and allocate time to receive it.
Senior lecturer Mohamed Gaber, at the University of Portsmouth's
School of Computing, said: ''We are increasingly sending and
receiving information via messages on mobile phones. ''The rate
of growth in this