Number of Posts: 30
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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
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)
Apple unfurls more millennial-friendly texting tools including 'emoji prediction'
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 14.6.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, emojis, privacy
Summary | Apple talked about the latest updates/developements concerning its products at its annual developer conference in San Francisco. For instance, they talked about the possibility for iPhone users to add larger emojis or emojify their texts. They also discussed the use of digital assistants and AI, and privacy features.
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The Emojibator: how a euphemistic fruit became an actual sex toy
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 27.10.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Jaime Jandler created the emojibator, a sextoy shaped like an eggplant. The emojibator is an homage to the eggplant emojis, which has been used as a representation of a penis.
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Stuck on smileys: the role of emojis in business
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 20.7.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, marketing
Summary | Emojis can help businesses communicate better. People can use emojis at work in informal situations. Google or eBay employees for instance use platforms such as WhatsApp or Google Messenger in order to make the sharing of information easier. Also, using emojis with colleague on the same level can help develop closer relationships. Finally, companies use emojis to communicate with their customers. Therefore, companies build brand awareness.
Image Description | N/A
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)
The 'tears of joy' emoji is the worst of all - it's used to gloat about human suffering
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 24.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, politics
Summary | The 'tears of joy' emoji is the worst of all emoji; indeed, there is something essentially cruel about this particular emoji. Many times, people use the tears of joy emoji to gloat about something that should be seen as "horrific".
Image Description | Tears of joy emoji, and montage representing Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson
Real life emoji sexting: would you post someone an aubergine?
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 23.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, sexting
Summary | If you want to send someone a hidden sexual message, you can now mail an eggplant and add a message on it. The eggplant emoji has become popular because it's been used as a representation of a penis. Eggplantmail.com is the new company that allows people to mail customized eggplants for £6.99. The creator of the website became successful very quickly. Most of the orders came from the US.
Image Description | Photograph of an eggplant
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)
Changing the gun emoji isn't political correctness gone mad. It's smart
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 3.8.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Opinion piece. Apple made the right decision when it replaced the gun emoji into a water gun emoji. The gun debate in the US is not a joke. Apple didn't say why they decided to change the emoji; it would be inappropriate to take a public stance about the issue. However, it seems that someone thought it would be a good idea to get rid of the gun emoji, especially after several shootings that took place in the US.
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