What's Trending - October 9th 2015

Jessie J was on The Ellen DeGeneres show yesterday to surprise one of her biggest fans, 19-year-old English student Tom Bleasby.
Bleasby became a viral internet sensation after posting a virtual duet with Jessie J online earlier this year.

The two were brought onto the show to talk about the video going viral worldwide and Tom’s campaign to get Ellen’s show to air in England so he doesn’t have to stream it online.
After talking with Ellen, completely unaware Ellen will be bringing out his idol, Tom starts singing Jessie’s hit song “Flashlight,” but before he gets the first verse out, Ellen stops him – bringing out Jessie J for an in-person duet with his all-time favorite singer.

The video of them singing garnered over 22 million views

The Facebook dislike button is not what you thought it would be. Six new reaction icons and the “dislike” button is not one of them. Facebook is launching a pilot test of “reactions” that allow users to express a range of different emotions beyond the original “like” button. The new Facebook symbols are accessed by pressing the “like” button on desktop devices, Android, iPhones, etc and the new features are called “love, yay, haha, wow, sad, angry”. The new icons are not available on Facebook messenger just yet. Right now, the reaction icons are being tested in Ireland and Spain. q

Harry Potter fans: get ready to enjoy more magic on your Apple devices. The Enhanced Editions of the Harry Potter stories, co-created by Apple and Pottermore for iBooks are now available as of yesterday. The digitally enhanced editiions of all Harry Potter books have interactive animations, new custom covers and annotations from the author, J.K. Rowling. The enhanced editions are available for download for anyone with an iPod Touch, iPhone, or iPad for $9.99 each on the iBook store