Number of Posts: 135
Posts 51 - 60
Rifle emoji blocked from phones 'after pressure from Apple'
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 20.6.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | New emojis will be released in 2017, but the rifle emoji won't be one of them. The rifle emoji was proposed in order to represent winter sports, but Apple decided not to include it. People are confused because the available set of emojis already includes violent ones: gun, knife, and bomb.
Image Description | N/A
Emoji overload? Why we're ditching yellow smileys in favour of actual words
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 22.7.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, language threat
Summary | The author explain why she hates emojis. She dislikes the fact that people can now type a word and replace it with the correspondant emoji. Some technologies have significantly improved our lives, but our emotional communication didn't need to be improved like that, according to the author. Words were fine; there is no need to regress back to "hieroglyphics".
Image Description | Photograph of a young woman smiling and looking at her phone.
Image Tags | female(s), smartphone
Gran creates false teeth, memory pills and aches and pains emojis for pensioners
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 28.10.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis
Summary | A grandmother complained about the lack of emojis representing the elder generation. For instance, there is no emoji that shows you have lost your false tooth or hurt your back. These emojis might be available soon though. Diane Hill, who is 56, decided to create her own set of emojis represent the life of the elderly.
Image Description | N/A
These fitness emojis will help you gym-brag your way through January
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 8.1.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | There are a few emojis representing gym equipment, cyclists, a weightlifter, and a trainer, but that's it. People can now download for free a pack of 36 new fitness emojis. The pack is called Emojivation and was introduced by a gym company. People want to express themselves and brag; they can now share their true workout experience.
Image Description | N/A
Twitter unveils new 'tent' emoji ahead of launch of new Great British Bake Off series
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 23.8.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, Twitter
Summary | Twitter users can now use a new emoji representing The Great British Bake Off "tent" where contestants will have to bake and impress judges.
Image Description | N/A
Why you should 'love' instead of 'like' the Facebook posts that really matter to you
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 28.2.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, Facebook
Summary | Facebook said that its new reaction buttons (love, sad, angry) are most influential that the like button. The reaction buttons help decide which stories users will find interesting. According to Facebook, if people choose a reaction (instead of a "like") it means that they would want to see that type of post. The most popular reaction on FB is love.
Image Description | N/A
Emoji: are they a force for good?
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 8.8.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, threat
Summary | Emojis are everywhere and becoming more and more popular. Emoji was even named the fastest-growing language in the UK. However, some people wonder whether they represent the end of our language and civilization.
Image Description | N/A
Why are people posting the 8-Ball emoji on Facebook and what does it mean?
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 8.3.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Facebook users have been posting the 8-ball emoji to raise awareness about prostate cancer. Men (and only men) are supposed to share the emoji and ask their friends to share it as well.
Image Description | N/A
Frenchman jailed for three months for sending ex-girlfriend gun emoji
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 31.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, threat
Summary | A French man was sentenced to three months in jail because he sent his girlfriend a gun emoji, which was seen as a death threat. In the US, people have also been arrested for sending similar emojis.
Image Description | N/A
Smiley face: world's first emojis to hang in Museum of Modern Art in New York
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.
Image Description | N/A
Page 6 of 14
Back |
Next