So with Twitter in the news, we wondered about one of its most well-known symbols -- the hashtag. A viewer named Valerie asked: How did the pound sign become a hashtag? Hashtags are used on ...

The sterling effort - which came in the shape of a pound sign, formed by 327 people - took place at the NECC’s (North East Chamber of Commerce) Business Week as part of its 200th anniversary ...

What's a "pound sign?" No really. Think about it. If you are in the U.S., you are liable to associate the term "pound sign" with that tic-tac-toe on your phone's dialpad. You know, #. If you are ...

That spanner was jammed into the data by the familiar pound sign, e.g., £22.95 – not a currency-formatted pound sign here, but rather an actual, typed character that drains 22.95 of its numeric ...

One of Britain’s most recognisable party symbols is to be consigned to the political scrapheap next year when the UK Independence Party axes its pound sign logo, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

Both of the logos ditch UKIP’s well-known pound symbol, and incorporate the party’s new tagline “For the Nation ... But what I find more misleading is that a logo and supporting visual identity should ...