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Samsung's redesigned emoji are actually recognizable

Whenyousendanemojitoafriend,youwantittoconveythesameinformation.Forexample,ifyousenta"rollingeyes"emojitoabuddyusingaSamsungphone,theymightnotpickupwhatyou'rela

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China: It's time to say goodbye to smoking emoji on Tencent's QQ app

QQ,apopularsocialnetworkingappheavilyusedbyyoungerpeople,hasremovedasmokeremojifromitsmobileversiontohelpcurtailthesmokinghabitinChina,theworld'slargesttobaccoc

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#IWearFlats campaign wants to break the high-heels emoji stereotype

Createdinthelate1990sbyaJapanesecommunicationsfirmNTTDoCoMo,emojishaveexistedforalmost20yearsandhavegraduallyevolvedintocharactersforanewmillenniallanguage.Ther

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The Emoji Movie fans set Guinness World Records title celebrating World

TodayisWorldEmojiDayandemojifansaroundtheworldcelebratedbysettingtheworld'sfirstGuinnessWorldRecordstitleforthe‘Largestgatheringofpeopledressedasemojifacessimul

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Embrace the language of the future: Emoji

Nowadays, there are so many ways for people to communicate. Particularly in today's digital world, the colourful little icons known as emoji have become so popular that almost everyone uses them to express their emotions. In 2015, the Oxford English Dictionary even declared the

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Emoji exhibition opens in Shanghai

An exhibition featuring emojis opened in a shopping mall in Shanghai over the weekend, which will run till the end of this month.

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Now that's Funny! Chinese emoji circles globe

​"Funny", a made-in-China emoji, inclusively used on Tieba, the largest Chinese communication platform provided by the search engine giant Baidu, seems to have recently moved beyond just China.

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Eight of the most pointless emojis, from the curly loop to the levitating man

An emoji was named as Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year in 2015. It’s a visual language most of us use every single day. It can be a nuanced and creative means of communication. Certain demographics have their own emoji lingo. Think pieces abide.