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Can't find the right emoji? AI app analyses your message to suggest the perfect memes, emoticons and gifs while you type

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Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 14.6.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, emojis, GIFs, meme, texting
Summary | A new app called Dango uses artificial intelligence to suggest the most appropriate emojis, GIFs, or memes you can use. Thanks to AI, the app analyzes the meaning of your text messages.
Image Description | Screenshot of Dango's chat bubble, photograph of a series of emojis on a screen, and chart explaining how Dango's neural system works.
Image Tags | chart, emojis, smartphone, text

And on the second day, God made the smiley face and the thumbs up: New translation of the Bible is written in EMOJI for millennials

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Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 27.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, translation
Summary | A translation of the Bible written in emojis is now available. The translator said that it makes the Bible more "approachable"; emojis can express emotions in a visual way and in a universal way.
Image Description | Excerpts from the Bible emoji, and screenshot of the online Bible emoji translator.
Image Tags | emojis

Frustrated or triumphant? You are probably sending the wrong signals by using these 12 commonly misunderstood emojis

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Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 20.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding, research/study
Summary | Emojis can be misunderstood although their meaning is thought to be universal. A study revealed which emojis are commonly misunderstood (e.g. emojis with facial expressions). In 2015, the word of the year was an emoji, which shows how popular emojis are.
Image Description | Various images representing confusing emojis, and video of how to use emojis in media.
Image Tags | emojis

Teenage girls brand emojis SEXIST as the graphic icons only feature women having their nails done, at the hairdressers and being brides

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Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 3.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Summary | Emojis representing girls are very stereotypical; there are not enough options and the available options do no represent women and young girls. An "Always" ad asked young teenage girls what they thought of the available emojis, and they all said they would want to see girl emojis playing sports or working as lawyers or detectives. The set of emojis available now can send a wrong message to girls because they would only see stereotypes. They can also hamper girls' confidence during puberty.
Image Description | Series of screenshots of the video potraying teenage girls and the new emojis they would like to see. Interview (video) of the same teenage girls talking about how emojis represent girls.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), smartphone

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