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Yeah!! Today the 17 th day of July is World Emoji Day, and to mark the event Apple is celebrating it by adding some of the 70+ new emoji that will be featured in iOS 12 and macOS Mojave. According to the details published by the company in a blog post. [caption id="attachment_12085" align="alignnone" width="1142"] A free update to iOS 12 brings more expression to every message with new characters for sports, symbols and more. [/caption] The new emojis are based on characters approved for Unicode 11.0, back in February by the Unicode Consortium , the group that decides on new emojis. According to BBC news . The addition came with an intention  to better represent the vast demographic of users, including all different hair types and skin tones, as well as more expressive faces. There will be a cold face, a party face, a pleading face and a face with hearts. [caption id="attachment_12087" align="alignnone" width="1632"] New emoj...

Google Chrome gets emojis. Emojis , whether you use then often or almost never, has no doubt made texting much more easier. Google Chrome added a new shortcut  to make adding emoji on desktop easier. It’s currently on Chrome Canary , the experimental version of the browser designed for testing. Also users can enable it by going to chrome://flags and searching “emoji,” as spotted by 9to5Google . The latest version of Chrome Canary (67.0.3389.0, according to 9to5Google) features a shortcut that gives access to the colourful emojis characters. From the right-click menu, an "emoji" option on the menu will appears when you right-click any text field. Users can then right-click to get to the emoji option and pull up the emoji options which is available for Mac, Windows, Linux, or Chrome OS, depending on what operating system they’re running. The new features is not really groundbreaking innovation,  considering the fact that there are already ways to pull up ...

Emojis have become an interesting aspect to how many people communicate via social media messaging platforms and the demand for more diversity in the emoji world is loud and audible.  Apple has submitted a proposal to the Unicode consortium — the non-profit organisation that sets the global standard for emojis — advocating for 13 new additions to be represented. The proposed emojis interestingly include: a guide dog, hearing aid, prosthetic limbs, as well as people using canes and different types of wheelchairs. In the opening line of the proposal , Apple writes: “ Apple is requesting the addition of emoji to better represent individuals with disabilities. Currently, emoji provide a wide range of options, but may not represent the experiences of those with disabilities These new emojis have options for both males and females  taken into consideration without leaving out skin color tones. A summary  of the proposed emojis are represented below: Guide Dog...