Number of Posts: 25
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Why are Samsung's emojis different from everyone else?
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 6.9.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding
Summary | Samsung’s emoji designers don't always follow what other creators do. As a result, users might not always see the same emojis. For instance, Apple, Google, Microsoft, LG and HTC all have a red flag emoji, but Samsung's emoji is a yellow flag. The same problem arises with other emojis that are very different: person bouncing ball, prayer beads, ledger, and cookie.
Image Description | Images of different emojis.
Image Tags | emojis
Jeremy Corbyn on Snapchat: where are the lols, Jezza?
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 10.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | politics, Snapchat
Summary | Jeremy Corbyn has been using Snapchat for his campaign, but so far he's mostly been using the same old campaign trail images. In order to win the young vote, he could be doing a lot more. Also, Snapchat shouldn't be used for formality.
Image Description | Collage of 6 of Corbyn's snaps, and screenshot of one of his "dull" snaps displaying a bus emoji
Image Tags | emojis, male(s), Snapchat
Headscarf emojis not an option – but teenage girl fixes that
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 14.9.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis
Summary | Rayouf Alhumedhi is a 15-year-old teenage girl who lives in Germany. After noticing that there was no hijab emoji to represent Muslim women, she sent a proposal to Unicode. When she was asked why she wears a headscarf, she said that she actually feels liberated; she can choose what she wants to cover, and this way people see her past her beauty and for her knowledge.
Image Description | Five emojis representing different options for the "headscarf emoji"
Image Tags | emojis, female(s)
So Google wants to make emojis for real women? Here are a few suggestions
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 23.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, gender
Summary | The available emojis are a little traditional and stereotypical. Google is now asking for more female emojis that reflect reality. The author of the article has a few suggestions regarding new female emojis (e.g. resting bitch face, mansplain strain, empowerment batteries, Netflix and chilled by my own inertia, menstruation magician, etc.)
Image Description | Images of 6 alternative female emojis
Image Tags | emojis, female(s)
Google proposes new set of female emojis to promote equality
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 11.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, gender
Summary | Google proposed new emojis representing gender diversity. The new set of emojis includes for instance female engineers, chemists, plumbers, and farmers. Millions of people around the world use emojis, so it is important to represent people accurately.
Image Description | Images of the new set of female emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s)
Am I using this emoji right, or did I accidentally just sext someone?
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 17.2.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding, sexting
Summary | The Daily Mail released a list of emojis with double meanings. Some seemingly innocent emojis might in fact have another X-rated meaning. For instance, the mailbox emoji can mean "sex". You can use any emoji to talk about sex, but some are being used more than others. For example, the eggplant emoji is now widely accepted as a way to represent a penis. Most emojis can have a double meaning; they can be interpreted at face value or mean something completely different.
Image Description | Photograph of a man scratching his head, Twitter video of a man explaing the hidden meanings of emojis, and screenshots of tweets.
Image Tags | emojis, male(s), Twitter
The Emoji Bible has arrived ... and (face with halo emoji) has yet to declare it (OK hand sign emoji)
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 30.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, translation
Summary | The Bible has been translated into emoji. It includes 3,300 pages and is intended for millennials.
Image Description | Screenshots of tweets from @BibleEmoji
Image Tags | emojis, Twitter
Water pistol emoji replaces revolver as Apple enters gun violence debate
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 2.8.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Apple decided to replace the gun emoji with a water gun emoji after several shootings that took place in the US. People commented on the change and said that changing the emoji was not going to resolve the gun violence problem.
Image Description | Water gun emoji and gun emoji, and screenshots of tweets.
Image Tags | emojis, Twitter
New emojis to include breastfeeding, a hijab and the lotus position
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 12.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis
Summary | 56 new emojis will be released (e.g. bearded man, sandwich, face vomiting, woman wearing a hijab). However, there is still a lack of redhead emojis.
Image Description | Different versions of the hijab emoji, and screenshots of tweets about the hijab emoji and the lack of ginger emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, Twitter
We all love to (face with tears of joy emoji) and the French are (broken heart emoji): what we learned about emojis at SXSW
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 13.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | SwiftKey found that 70% of emojis are used to express a positive feeling; this might be because we want to present a positive image of ourselves to other people. Linguist Gretchen McCulloch said that emojis are the “fourth quadrant” of communication -writing has now an informal part. The author of the article then goes on to present facts and numbers about emojis that were presented at SXSW.
Image Description | Photograph of a screen with 4 rows of emojis,
Image Tags | emojis
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