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What is an Animoji? Apple leak reveals iPhone 8 feature that makes emojis based on your facial expressions

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 12.9.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Apple leak revealed a new feature of the new iPhones 8 and X: a facial recognition software that can makes animated emojis.
Image Description | Images of different emojis, 3D face, portraits of celebrities, photographs of the iPhone X box, videos of the iPhone X, and photographs of the new iPhone.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), hand(s), male(s), smartphone

Apple's new iPhone X will let you control the POO EMOJI with your face

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 12.9.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Apple's iPhone X will introduce a new feature: it will let users control the poo emoji with their own face. This new technology can also be used for other things; this is why Apple created Animoji. Animoji tracks your expressions and can create 3D animated emojis that users can use in iMessages.
Image Description | Video of the iPhone X, and photograph of a man holding a phone and smartphone screen displaying the animated poo emoji.
Image Tags | emojis, male(s), smartphone

The world's oldest emoji has been discovered - and it's very, very old

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 19.7.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Archaeologists have found a pot vase from 2000 BC in Turkey, and were struck to see a smiling face painted on it. They think it could be the oldest emoji. They don't know why craftsmen painted the smiling face on the pitcher, though.
Image Description | Image of a big smiling emoji, photograph of the pitcher, and photograph of Professor Nikolo Marchetti.
Image Tags | emojis, male(s)

Twitter launch special 'worker bee' emoji as United and City prepare to honour Manchester Arena victims

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 19.7.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Twitter launched a 'worker bee' emoji just before the first clash between Manchester United and Manchester City.
Image Description | Photograph of Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola, image of a worker bee emoji, two soccer players, and two videos.
Image Tags | emojis, male(s)

Why you should think twice before using emojis in your work emails

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 14.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | email, emojis, research/study
Summary | People shouldn't use emojis in their work emails. A new study analyzed the effects of emojis in work emails, and employees actually claimed that people who use emojis in their work emails seem less competent.
Image Description | Images of different emojis, photograph of a man staring at his phone, and woman holding her head and looking worried.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), male(s)

Hundreds of people around the globe dress as emojis for International Emoji Day record attempt

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 17.7.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | People around the world dressed up as emojis to celebrate World Emoji Day. They wanted to set a new Guinness World Record.
Image Description | Video showing people dressed up as emojis, and five photographs of people dressed up as emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), male(s)

What is Apple Clips? App offers a new way to share videos on Snapchat and Instagram

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 22.3.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, social media, video communication
Summary | Apple is launching a new app that makes video editing much easier called "clips". The videos can then be posted on whichever social media platform users prefer. It allows users to put music to their video, use color filters, insert emojis, speech bubbles, and so on. Apple has also committed to donating some of the revenue to charity organizations for AIDS and Malaria.
Image Description | Images and videos showing how to use the app.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)

Emoji is named as Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 17.11.2015
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, word/writing
Summary | The "face with tears of joy" emoji was named word of the joy by the Oxford Dictionary. Emojis are symbols of today's culture and communication, and are replacing traditional forms of communication. There is nowadays a focus on visual communication. Emojis are a new form of communication that allow people to express their emotions, and to go beyond linguistic barriers.
Image Description | Digital image of the "face with tears of joy" emoji, and photograph of a man reading the Oxford Dictionary of English.
Image Tags | dictionary, emojis, male(s)

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