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If you haven’t noticed, hashtags (#hashtags) have become incredibly popular over the past few years. At first, I’d only see them on Twitter, but... Hashkey Makes Hashtags Easier than Ever in the UK!

If you haven’t noticed, hashtags (#hashtags) have become incredibly popular over the past few years. At first, I’d only see them on Twitter, but now, I seem to see them on Facebook and just about everywhere else I visit as well. Sometimes, they make sense, and sometimes, well, they don’t. And good or bad, I don’t think they’ll be going anywhere anytime soon. They’re not all that hard to use – unless of course you’re using a Mac from the U.K., then things can be a little bit trickier. In the United States, you can clearly see the # sign atop the number 3; in the U.K., though, that’s not the case – instead of the # sign, they get the £ sign, with no # key anywhere in sight. They could make the sign, but they had to hold the alt button while simultaneously pushing the number 3 button – a confusing process at best. Now, though, there’s a project on Kickstarter that could solve that problem for good. It’s called the HashKey, and it’s a one-button USB keyboard; as far as the one button goes, you probably guessed it – it’s the hashtag symbol.

Hashkey Makes Hashtags Easier Than Ever In U.K.!

With the HashKey, never again will you have to ask, “Where is the stupid # sign?!”, because it will be right there beside you, hooked into your USB port, never to be missed again. Feel free to check out their Kickstarter page here.

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[Image via Kickstarter]

SOURCE: BBC