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Smiley face: world's first emojis to hang in Museum of Modern Art in New York

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 26.10.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Emojis are everywhere and popular in the whole world. New York's Museum of Modern Art is going to introduce a set of 176 emojis created in 1999 for its permanent collection. The emojis were created by a Japanese phone company. New emojis are added regularly for internet users and represent the world's diversity.
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The iPhone is finally getting a facepalm emoji

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 1.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Apple will release new emojis, and one of them is the facepalm emoji. There will also be a shrug emoji and a selfie.
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How emojis can save your relationship - and help men understand what women mean

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 21.5.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, gender
Summary | Emojis are everywhere and are used by 90% of internet users in the world. Professor Vyvyan Evans said that emojis might help men and women get along better since emojis help clarify messages with non-verbal cues. If people add emojis in their text messages, there is less misunderstanding.
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Dutch architect designs 'emoji gargoyles' to brighten up buildings

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 24.4.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | A Dutch architected decided to decorate buildings with emoji gargoyles. The new adorned buildings are supposed to represent contemporary society.
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London company seeks emoji translator

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 13.12.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, translation
Summary | A company based in London is looking for an emoji translator. The employee would need to help explain misunderstandings related to emojis, the fastest-growing language. Today, softwares are in charge of emoji translations, but they don't deal with cultural differences very well. This is why a "human touch" is necessary.
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Emoji quiz: Can you identify these classic children's books?

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 24.10.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Emoji is one of the fastest growing languages in the UK. It is also a visual language that "far eclipsed" hieroglyphics. Book People, an online retailer, created classic children's tales in emojis to see whether people can actually understand books written in emoji.
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Emoji for England, Scotland and Wales flags to be released this year

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 27.1.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Three emojis representing England, Scotland, and Wales flags will be released. The three flags were the most requested emoji flags according to Emojipedia.
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Redhead emoji finally on the table after campaign for ginger equality

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 20.1.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis
Summary | The readhead emoji will be released soon. People had been complaining about the lack of ginger emojis. There will be two possibilities: a single readhead emoji, or custom-hair option to choose "red hair". The campaign to introduced a ginger emoji was launched in Scotland.
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Pizza Hut starts using emoji-only menu - can you read it?

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 16.7.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Pizza Hut released a menu written solely in emoji. For those who are not used to using emoji, reading the menu might be difficult. Pizza Hut had to hire an emoji expert in order to create the menu.
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Emoji grins send as grimaces from different phones - causing confusion

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 13.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, misunderstanding, research/study
Summary | The grinning face emoji shows up differently on Apple devices and Android devices, which might cause misunderstandings. The Google emoji looks happy while the Apple one looks "ready to fight". A research also shows that people can interpret the same emoji differently.
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