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No one can figure out what this new emoji means, and it’s pretty hilarious

sudshr47 November 1, 2018

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A whole bunch of new emoji were released on Tuesday in iOS 12.1 — 158, to be precise. But there’s one new smiley emoji in particular that people just can’t figure out.

The new emoji’s expression is a mix between a wink, a grimace, and a blush, and as a result people are questioning what emotion or feeling it’s trying to convey.

Can someone please explain this emoji to mepic.twitter.com/NCec6abZuY

— ₯ (@007dpz) October 31, 2018

“Can someone please explain this emoji to me,” Twitter user 007dpz asked on Wednesday. A question that is being echoed throughout the platform. Read more…

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Apple fixes the bagel emoji because New Yorkers have a lot of feelings about breakfast

sudshr47 October 16, 2018

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Listen, I don’t need to tell you that people have a lot of feelings about breakfast food. Especially when it comes to bagels. 

When Apple first unveiled the design of its forthcoming bagel emoji, there was an almighty furore. Bagel-loving New Yorkers criticised the initial design for its sub-par appearance. 

As Nikita Richardson writes in Grub Street: “Let’s talk about that distressingly smooth crust. What midwestern bagel factory did this bagel come out of?” 

“To be frank, this bagel emoji should only be used to illustrate what kind of bagel you don’t want your friend to pick up on the way over,” Richardson added. She also took exception to the woeful absence of cream cheese. C’mon, Apple, what were you thinking?  Read more…

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The best UK deals for Tuesday: Desire Deluxe slippers, Amazon devices, Crock-Pot slow cookers, and more

sudshr47 October 16, 2018

The first emoji was created in 1999 in Japan, and since then their popularity has steadily increased to the point where they’re now indispensable. 
Why send a wordy response when you could send that face with the tears of joy? You know the one, …

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Twitter: All emojis are now equal, character-count wise

sudshr47 October 11, 2018

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In an effort to level the playing field, Twitter is changing how emojis are viewed on its platform.

In a post over on the company’s developer forum, Twitter announced that, moving forward, every emoji will be counted as the same number of characters toward your tweet’s 280-character count. All emojis regardless of gender, race, eggplant, or flag will count as a total of two characters.

It may seem like a small change, but due to how Unicode, the organization that ensures emoji encoding is consistent across platforms, rendered certain emojis characteristics like gender and race in an emoji could sometimes eat up multiple characters. And as we know, in a tweet, every character counts. Read more…

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Google lets you create a sticker version of yourself with selfies

sudshr47 August 28, 2018

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With tools like Apple’s Memoji and Snapchat’s Bitmoji, you’re missing out if you don’t have an animated version of yourself on your phone.

Google is making that process easier on its iOS and Android keyboard extension, Gboard, with the addition of “Minis.” The feature will let you convert your selfies into stickers that are based on your likeness.

As per Engadget, the feature uses a combination of machine learning, neural networks, and artist illustrations to come up with cartoon emoji. 

Meet Minis! Easy to create and share right from #Gboard, these AI-powered personal stickers are made with just a snap of a selfie → https://t.co/d5BBLdt8As pic.twitter.com/39l4vZNjIS

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Hangouts Chat, Google’s Slack competitor, gets emoji reactions

sudshr47 August 27, 2018

Hangouts Chat, Google’s business-focused Slack competitor, is getting emoji reactions. That’s a feature that Slack has long had, so if anything, today’s move makes Hangouts Chat even more Slack-like than before. Hangouts Chat, you may remember, is very different from Hangouts, Google’s chat app for regular users which at one point was supposed to be […]

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There is no more gun emoji. Is that a good thing?

sudshr47 July 20, 2018

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Emoji have conquered the world, no doubt, but what happens after the conquest?

The answer: Things change. Emoji are constantly evolving, not only with new symbols that arrive on our smartphone keyboards year after year, but also the symbols themselves. A couple of years ago, your standard emoji keyboard usually had a gun on it, but today that symbol has been almost universally replaced with a water pistol.

The gun’s transformation may be the most dramatic of changes, but emoji are changing in subtler ways, too. Apple recently announced a new set of emoji coming in iOS 12, and it includes a eye-like symbol, the nazar amulet, that’s very popular in Turkey and other parts of the world, but not the U.S. With the emoji keyboard now pretty much filled out with “universal” symbols, expect more niche or regional characters to appear. Read more…

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