72 new emojis will be launched with the release of Unicode 9. Among them are a selfie face, a facepalm, person doing cartwheel, pregnant woman, avocado and even a bacon. The body…
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iOS 9.1 update lands in the UK; brings new emojis, News app
iOS 9.1 update has been rolled out and in the UK it brings the new set of emojis and Apple’s own Flipboard-style News app that will deliver a daily dose of news…
1000-key emoji keyboard is as crazy as it sounds
We have come across some crazy stuff, but this one is definitely at the top end of the crazy spectrum. A YouTuber named Tom Scott has built a 1,000-key keyboard with each…
WhatsApp for Android gets Vulcan salute, middle finger emojis
WhatsApp for Android has been updated with new features including new emojis, mute contact feature, customised notification tones among other things. The most notable feature coming included in the latest WhatsApp for…
‘Nauseated face’, ‘selfie’, ‘pregnant women’ and 35 other emojis being considered
The Unicode Consortium has announced the acceptance of 38 emoji characters including ‘Nauseated face’, ‘selfie’, and ‘pregnant women’ as candidates for the upcoming Unicode 9.0 which is scheduled for release in mid-2016….
British start-up bets on emojis as more secure alternatives to traditional passcodes
Intelligent Environments, a British start-up, has pegged emoji passcodes as more secure and easier to use than traditional passcodes – and has integrated such passocdes in its Android digital banking app enabling…
Emoji is UK’s fastest growing language: Report
Emoji is the fastest growing language in the UK, evolving even more rapidly than ancient languages such as hieroglyphics, a new research study has found. According to a study conducted by TalkTalk…