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Weißt du, was diese Emojis wirklich bedeuten?

(Do you know what these emojis really mean?)

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Newspaper | Welt
Date | 30.9.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding, punctuation, texting
Summary | We cannot imagine texting nowadays without emojis. They have become as important to us as punctuation. They serve to add a specific tone to our messages or to present them in a specific light. They are however also very easy to misunderstand. Do we really know what the emojis stand for? Here is an emoji quiz to text your emoji literacy!
Image Description | Artsy photograph of women texting and using emojis, a GIF, and emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), gifs, smartphone

Des entreprises au militantisme, la communication des émojis

(From companies to militancy, emoji communication)

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Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 17.7.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, marketing
Summary | Emojis are a fully-fledged language and a means of influence that internet users and business companies want to use. Emojis were created in Japan at the end of the 1990s. Now, the Unicode Consortium gets to decide what emojis we can use. Anyone can submit a proposal for a new emoji; in 2015, a Muslim teenage girl launched a campaign for the introduction of a hijab emoji.
Image Description | People sitting and watching a game; two of them are wearing emoji masks.
Image Tags | emojis

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

Can you really lodge official complaints using emojis?

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 17.9.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | People don't always agree on what is appropriate when it comes to emoji usage. If people want to complaint about something, they should be able to express themselves the way the want. They should be able to send a letter, tweet, or even send an emoji, if they want to.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone, fingers crossed emoji, woman using her phone and opening her mouth, three emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), hand(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)

Google 'professional women' emoji nominated for Design of the Year

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 16.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, gender, Google
Summary | The Design Museum in London nominated Google's professional emojis for design of the year. Google introduced a new set of emojis to better reflect women's situation.
Image Description | Images of female emojis.
Image Tags | emojis

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 are Samsung's emojis different from everyone else?

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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

How emojis took over your workplace - and the man who can help you make sense of it all

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 14.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Emojis are everywhere, even in one of the latest movies. Also, 92% of internet users in the world claim they use emojis in their digital communication. Emojis are not only used by teenage girls, workers also use them in their work emails. Keith Broni talks about the use of emojis in work emails and some rules people should follow.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone displaying a chat conversation and emojis, portrait of Keith Broni, and woman in front of a big screen.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), hand(s), male(s), smartphone, text

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