Emojis for dummies: How to add emojis into your text messages, emails
Emojis are a fun and lighthearted way to add “emotion” to your text messages and emails. Emojis have come a long way. Back in the day, you could only send a smiling face, a sad face, or a winking face using a colon, semicolon, or parentheses. Now, you can send any kind of emoji, not […]
Gen Xers and boomers are most confused by these emojis: study
They give emojis a low rating. Gen Xers and baby boomers understand the meaning behind digital icons, but lack confidence in their ability to use them. New research from University of Ottawa I found it. “Older users are less likely to use emojis, use fewer emojis, and are more likely to be concerned about their […]
Vice Media CEO abruptly ends virtual meeting about staff lay-offs due to flood of thumbs-down emojis
A virtual town hall meeting to discuss layoffs at Vice Media ended abruptly last week after executives complained about a flood of “thumbs down” emojis filling the screen. Chief content officer Corey Huyck was updating the company Wednesday on recently announced layoffs when a flood of angry emoji reactions started pouring in. “The macro landscape […]
118 new emojis are coming to iPhones — including new foods, animals and gender-neutral families
This one is guaranteed to have two digital thumbs up. Are you looking for a new way to express yourself pictorially? Don’t worry. iPhone users will soon be able to enhance their graphic vocabulary. A whopping 118 new emojis added!Phoenix, Shaking Neck, and four gender-neutral families. Emoji will be available as part of the new […]