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Official emoji debut for disabled folks, service dogs, waffles and more
A gaggle of new emoji have just been approved by the Unicode Consortium, meaning they’ll be standard across any platforms that choose to support them. This batch includes some much-needed representation for people with various disabilities, new animals from guide dogs to otters, food and many more objects.
View More Official emoji debut for disabled folks, service dogs, waffles and moreNew emoji in 2019 could feature more diversity, including couple variations
Each year, a swathe of new emoji are released into the world, and next year’s batch features more diversity than ever.
The Unicode Consortium, the organisation in charge of selecting what emoji gets to sit on your phone’s keyboard, has released its d…
There’s currently no interracial couple emoji. Tinder wants to change that.
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Emoji have evolved faster than any other language in history. But, one thing that’s lagged behind is the ability to represent everyone.
One community that’s still not represented at all by these tiny glyphs is interracial couples, and Tinder wants to do something about that.
The dating app has created a Change.org petition urging the Unicode Consortium — the organization in charge of our emoji — to create an emoji that represents interracial couples.
“There’s an emoji for everything. Well, almost everything,” declares Tinder in a video to accompany its #representlove emoji campaign. “Isn’t it time emoji represented all love?” Read more…
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View More There’s currently no interracial couple emoji. Tinder wants to change that.The lobster emoji was anatomically inaccurate so now it’s getting fixed
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Lobsters are kind of a big deal to the people of Maine. Which is why they weren’t at all pleased to discover the new lobster emoji was anatomically inaccurate.
Thankfully, Unicode took instant action and rectified its mistake.
In early February, the U.S. state—famed for its lobsters—celebrated its victory in securing a lobster emoji. In September 2017, Sen. Angus King of Maine penned a letter to the Unicode Consortium, urging it to release a lobster emoji.
Great news for Maine – we’re getting a lobster emoji!!! Thanks to @unicode for recognizing the impact of this critical crustacean, in Maine and across the country
Yours truly,
Senator 🐮👑
— Senator Angus King (@SenAngusKing) February 7, 2018 Read more…
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View More The lobster emoji was anatomically inaccurate so now it’s getting fixedThis new text bomb crashes most Mac and iOS apps with a single unicode symbol
TechCrunch has learned of a potentially serious new bug affecting a wide range of Apple devices. During their development work on an international news feed, software engineers at Aloha Browser discovered two unicode symbols in a non-English language that can crash any Apple device that uses Apple’s default San Francisco font. The bug instigates crashes on iPhones, iPads, Macs and even… Read More
You could soon be able to change the direction of your emoji
2018 could be the year of changeable emoji directions. This. Is. Huge.
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Emojipedia reports that a just-published proposed update to Unicode’s emoji doc…