At some point over the past five years, emojis evolved from a niche into an important form of communication — a point that hasn’t been lost on Apple. Having previously suggested new professions and diversity icons, the company today pitched the Unicode Consortium on a collection of 13 new emojis “to better represent individuals wi…Read More
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Samsung’s Galaxy S9 is official with a dual aperture camera and AR Emojis
Samsung Today is the start of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, and Samsung has taken the wraps off of its latest flagship, the Galaxy S9. After totally revamping the Galaxy S line last year with the Galaxy S8, the S9 is more of a follow up to last year’s phone. You get more-or-less the […]
Samsung’s camera focus: ‘Nothing is more important than how emojis are replacing words.’
With the launch of its new flagship phones, Samsung executives sought to emphasize how the gadget’s new cameras are built for an era of visual communication. Indeed, the teaser line for the event when it was announced was “The Camera Reimagined.” Execs sought to make good on the boast by noting that the Samsung Galaxy S9 […]
REVEALED: The emojis that could help you find love (and the ones to avoid)
Getty There are 2,666 emojis currently being used Thanks to technology, there are more ways for us to communicate than ever before – meaning we have plenty of fun ways to help us express ourselves while we’re dating. When you’re getting to know someone new, taking that first step and moving a conversation from email […]
Apple reveals new emojis coming with iOS 11.1, including “I love you” hand sign
Apple Apple released iOS 11 barely a month ago, but emoji lovers are eagerly awaiting its first major update. Apple revealed a bunch of new emoji that will come to iOS devices with the release of iOS 11.1. The new characters are adaptations from Unicode 10, which added 56 new emoji. A quick look into Apple’s […]
Here are the new emojis Apple is adding to iOS 11.1 for iPhone and iPad
Good news for lovers of emojis. And really, who doesn’t love them? Apple is rolling out “hundreds” of new ones when it releases iOS 11.1. The company announced today that the new emojis are adapted from those approved for Unicode 10. In addition, iOS 11.1 will “include characters announced on World Emoji Day, like Woman with Headscarf, […]
Apple can turn your facial expressions into animated emojis
It seems that the rumors were true: iPhone X owners can use their phone to map emojis from their facial expressions. They need only select their chosen emoji from a fairly extensive list and the Animoji app will map our eye, mouth and cheek expressions to your animated counterpart. Yes, even the poo emoji. Once […]
Recent Switch Game Has A Surprising Feature: Emojis
Graceful Explosion Machine is a fun shmup on the Nintendo Switch that makes good use of 🙏 and 💪 and 👍. Who knew this would be a good idea? The game is a throwback. It’s an arcade-style shooter that give players four beam weapons, a dash move, and a quick-turnaround option all in scrolling levels […]
Thinking face: Emojis read like secret code in CIA spy leaks
Published time: 8 Mar, 2017 17:31Edited time: 8 Mar, 2017 17:31 Buried among the thousands of covert CIA documents released by WikiLeaks is a list of Japanese emojis used without any explanation by spy agency snoops, begging the question: Is this a secret code? Many of the symbols in the ‘Japanese Style faces’ document show […]