It takes no time for the internet to take notice. Hours after Emojipedia, an emoji reference website added 230 new emojis following approval by the Unicode Consortium, a particular emoji, with a “picking hand” symbol is viral on the internet. ?? 230 new emojis coming to phones in 2019 https://t.co/40lHKWeBFj[Read More…]
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Twitter replaces ‘pistol’ emoji with ‘water gun’
San Francisco: In a bid to fight the prevailing gun culture, Twitter has changed its “pistol” emoji to a bright green “water gun”, following Apple, which launched a similar one in its iOS 10 update. The change is part of Twitter’s emoji update “Twemoji 2.6,” Tech Crunch reported late on Wednesday.[Read More…]
Archaeologists discover world’s first emoji!
While emojis are taking over communication, archaeologists have discovered what may be the world’s oldest emoji – a smiley face painted on a 3,700-year-old piece of pottery. According to Hindustan Times reports, In Turkey, near the Syrian border, during an excavation at an ancient city archaeologists found the ancient pitcher[Read More…]
LGBT pride month: Facebook introduces rainbow emoji in honour
Every year, June is celebrated as the LGBT pride month in order to show support to their community and cause. This year, Facebook has introduced a rainbow emoji to honour the LGBT community and the occasion. In a press release the company said, “As Pride celebrations begin around the world,[Read More…]
Emoji translator an actual high paying job now
A dynamic language firm in London is hiring an emoji translator in what may be the world’s first official job of such kind. Today Translations, claimed to have employed over 3,000 people fluent in more than 200 languages, has advertised for a specialist to help it to decode how emojis[Read More…]