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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
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
Google is killing off Android's emoji blobs
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 23.5.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, Google
Summary | Google are changing their indiosyncratic emoji blobs into more conventional round, more humanoid emojis. Part of the reason may be the Unicode Consortium has begun introducing skin and hair color options for more diversity. This way, emojis are becoming more humanoid and less abstract. Google is following suit so as to ensure maximum emotional compatibility between smartphone operation systems.
Image Description | Evolutions of emojis in Android from Emojipedia.
Image Tags | emojis
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