Boy petitions Apple to change 'nerd face' emoji
A UK schoolboy is asking Apple to fix and rename what he says is its offensive and insulting "nerd face" emoji, and has created a petition about it.
A UK schoolboy is asking Apple to fix and rename what he says is its offensive and insulting "nerd face" emoji, and has created a petition about it.
Ahead of formal approval later in 2023, a draft list of proposed new emoji has been released, and selected ones will appear in iOS at some point.
Be careful how you emoji in the future, after a Canadian judge ruled that sending someone a "thumbs-up" symbol in a message can potentially enter you into a legally binding contract.
Apple research is focusing on how to further crack the surprisingly tricky business of turning the spoken word into emojis — and then adjusting that emoji to suit what a user's message means.
After an update to the emoji spec in 2022, 31 new Emoji have been added to the iOS 16.4 beta.
Adobe has released its 2022 Emoji Report, showing that the popularity and acceptance of emoji for communication is only growing.
The annual release of new emojis is not due until September, but 31 proposed ones have been revealed ahead of World Emoji Day on July 17.
If you're annoyed by the "Pregnant Man" emoji, you're getting irritated by the technical equivalent of stacking three Lego bricks on top of each other. Here's how Unicode U+1FAC3 came about.
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A lawsuit alleging that Apple's ethnically diverse emoji characters infringe copyright, has been dismissed by a federal judge.
Google is starting to enable a feature in Google Messages to improve how iMessage reactions appear, with Android users starting to see emoji icons next to reacted-to messages.
Learn how to enable the built-in emoji keyboard on your iPad and iPhone and how to quickly add emojis to messages, emails, and more.
The most used emoji of 2021 across the globe is the character representing tears of joy — and aside from the red heart emoji, other characters don't even come close.
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Apple has issued an update that stops the "woozy face" emoji from appearing when users type in the word "stammer" into messaging apps on iOS, including iMessage.
The Unicode Consortium is gearing up to approve the next batch of upcoming emoji. Here's what you can expect to see later this year.
A charity in the U.K. has called out Apple for users seeing a "woozy face" emoji when they type the word "stammering" into iOS messaging apps.
Adobe has published a new Emoji Diversity and Inclusion Report tracking how consumers feel about the representation of emoji characters.
Emoji expert Emojipedia on Tuesday profiled the latest character variations that are scheduled to launch with iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 this spring, a preview of which was revealed in today's iOS beta release.
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