The American Family Association is pushing back against the Unicode Consortium’s addition of a “pregmant man” emoji, a recent instance…
Tag: emoji
Pregnant man, pregnant person emoji coming to Apple iPhones
A so-called “pregnant man” emoji and “pregnant person” emoji are coming to Apple iPhones with its latest update, iOS 15.4…
Here are the new emoji bound for Apple’s iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac
The Unicode Consortium has approved version 14.0 of its emoji standard. There are 37 brand new emoji like bubbles, crutches, X-ray, and…
British Stammering Association blasts Apple for linking ‘woozy face’ emoji to stammering
Hundreds of members of the British Stammering Association (STAMMA) have contacted the organization to report that the “woozy face” emoji…
Apple’s iOS 14.2 delivers new emoji including cockroach, transgender flag, beaver, and more
iOS 14.2 beta 2 was released by Apple to developers today, meaning new emoji are due for public release in the coming weeks…
Apple previews new emoji coming to iOS, iPadOS and macOS this year
For World Emoji Day, Apple has revealed to Emojipedia its first preview of the new emoji are coming to iOS this year. Ninja, Boomerang, Bubble Tea…
Proposed bill would bring emoji license plates to Vermont
If a new piece of proposed legislation introduced last week in Vermont becomes law, emoji license plates will come to the U.S. for the first time…
Apple will now personalize AirPods Charging Cases with engraved emoji
Apple today added updated engraving options for the AirPods Charging Case…
Emoji Voter lets people swipe, Tinder-style, for emoji they’d like to have added in 2020
Similarly to Tinder, Emoji Voter works by swiping through various emoji proposals which have been officially received by the Unicode Consortium…
Apple releases iOS 13.2
Apple today released iOS 13.2 which introduces Deep Fusion, an advanced image processing system that uses the A13 Bionic Neural Engine…
iOS 13.2 beta 2 delivers new emoji characters
Apple today seeded the second beta of an upcoming iOS 13.2 update, and the beta adds new emoji characters…
Apple continues inclusive push with new emoji
Apple Inc. is releasing new variants of its holding hands emoji that allow people to pick any combination of skin tone and gender…
Happy World Emoji Day from Apple
To celebrate World Emoji Day, Apple is previewing a selection of new emoji coming this fall…
Google releases 53 gender-fluid emoji
In 1999, the Japanese wireless communications company NTT Docomo released 176 pictures for people to quickly, efficiently, and emotively communicate…
Emoji is causing big problems for the U.S. legal system
The increase in the use of emoji in daily life is reportedly causing issue…
What’s new in iOS 12.1 beta 2
The second beta of iOS 12.1 was seeded to developers alongside betas of watchOS 5.1, macOS Mojave, and tvOS 12.1…
Apple brings 70+ new emoji to iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac in upcoming software updates
More than 70 new emoji will be coming soon to iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac…
Apple’s leadership page gets Memoji overhaul for World Emoji Day
Memoji, one of the headline new features of iOS 12, is at the heart of an amusing overhaul…
Apple unveils new emoji characters for World Emoji Day
More than 70 new emoji characters are coming to iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac…
Apple’s China-friendly censorship crashed iPhones; bug now fixed
Last April, while security researcher Patrick Wardle was attending the RSA security conference in San Francisco…
Apple proposes new emoji to represent people with disabilities
Apple has submitted a “Proposal For New Accessibility Emoji” to the Unicode Consortium…
Here are the 157 new emoji for 2018
The emoji list for 2018 has been published which adds 157 new emojis to the standard…
ChaiOS ‘text bomb’ can crash your Apple iPhone or Mac with a single link
The ChaiOS hack, which causes devices to crash and can delete all your messages, affects any device running iOS and macOS…
Apple says ‘Face With Tears of Joy’ is the most popular emoji in America
The face topped Apple’s list of the top 10 emoji, ahead of…
Apple releases macOS 10.13.1 High Sierra beta 3 to developers
macOS 10.13.1 High Sierra focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements…
Apple reveals new emoji coming to iPhone and iPad with iOS 11.1
Hundreds of new emoji, including more emotive smiley faces, gender-neutral characters, clothing options…
Using the smiley face emoji in business makes people think you’re dumb
It has been scientifically proven that the more you smile the more people like you…
Apple CEO Tim Cook unveils new emoji, including breastfeeding mom, hijab, blue genie, and more
You can say a lot with an emoji — and you’ll soon be able to say even more…
How Apple’s iPhone won over Japan and gave the world emoji
Although there were teething pains associated with using an iPhone in Japan at first…
Three-character message prank crashes pre-iOS 10.2 Apple iPhones with a single text
A three character-long text message can temporarily disable iPhones, a hacker has shown…
Apple releases iOS 10.2
Apple today released iOS 10.2 which introduces new features including…
Apple seeds second iOS 10.2 beta with new emoji for public beta testers
Apple today seeded the second beta of an upcoming iOS 10.2 update to public beta testers for testing purposes…
Quinn: Apple got it wrong in changing the gun emoji
I was perplexed by Apple’s decision to replace the revolver emoji for a lime green water pistol…
Get out of gun control, Apple
Apple’s new suite of operating systems appears to replace its pistol emoji, which was an image of a six-shooter, with a squirt gun…
Microsoft just replaced its toy gun emoji with a real handgun
Microsoft this week replaced a toy gun emoji with a real revolver…
Apple and the (squirt) gun emoji
Apple announced a number of changes to their emoji set this week, including…
In wake of London stabbing rampage, will Apple replace their knife emoji with a plastic spork?
An American woman in her 60s was knifed to death and five others injured during a bloodbath attack carried out…
Open Thread: Should Apple code their OSes to block video games that glorify guns and murder?
Should Apple code their operating systems to block their ability to run video games that glorify guns and murder?
Apple jumps the shark by removing the handgun emoji; Gun owners might want to reconsider buying Apple’s products
Apple released another beta of iOS 10 yesterday, and among the changes in that release was the introduction of a squirt gun emoji…
Apple unveils over 100 new ‘gender diverse’ emojis, including rainbow flag for LGBT pride
Apple unveiled over 100 new ‘gender diverse’ emojis Monday, but there’s one in particular…
Apple removes handgun emoji, replaces it with a squirt gun
Apple’s latest software update for the iPhone and iPad features one of its subtlest but most symbolically…
Apple quashes rifle Emoji
Unicode, the technical organization in charge of selecting and overseeing emojis, debated and ultimately decided…
