Displaying items by tag: Emoji

In 1972, French journalist Franklin Loufrani was tasked with spearheading a feel-good campaign for the France Soir newspaper. The publication’s goal was to counter widespread social and political unrest prevailing at the time. So it came to pass that Franklin Loufrani created the yellow smiling face that is internationally recognised today as ‘Smiley’, with the simple logo establishing itself as a beacon of hope and positivity for generation after generation.

Apple has released updates for each of its operating systems, along with a new version of its Safari browser.

Over half of Australians have actively increased their emoji usage over the past 12 months with nearly all users (82%) sending up to 50 emoji in their text or online messaging a day, according to the Adobe Future of Creativity: 2022 Australian Emoji Trend Report.

The Snapchat+ subscription service now has over a million paying subscribers globally, and from today features another four new exclusive features, taking the total to 11.

You may have seen Logitech's beautifully colourful Popkeys emoji keyboards in JB Hi-Fi, EB Games, and other stores and wondered what they were like. iTWire can tell you.

Facebook introduces soundmojis to messenger to make chats livelier and more fun. It also shared which emojis are widely used by age groups, and which emojis are the most popular.

Diversity and representation is a hot topic – not before time, some would say – so it's not surprising that a fresh spotlight has been turned on human emojis. A survey conducted for Adobe suggests Australians want a more diverse and inclusive range of emojis.

On World Emoji Day, an earth shatteringly fundamental question over the nature of life, the universe and everything has emerged: what emoji is used for the word emoji?

It's World Emoji Day on 17 July, with Facebook revealing well over over 900 million emojis are shared on Messenger each day, with more facts and figures to make you reach for smiling emojis and more.

Using the talents of a top comedian to decode emoji messages sent to Amaysim's Facebook page on World Emoji Day, the company is promoting World Emoji Day with genuine discounts to its services and the chance to win an iPhone X.

If you’re tired of the traditional, dumb vending machine, and wished they could be brought into the 21st century, then your order has just been delivered into the chute.

No, it has nothing to do with Domino’s chief executive Don Meij, but instead a stack of Australian-inspired emojis with the hope they will be added to the next official emoji keyboard update due in 2017.

Emoji (the term is singular and plural) use has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, propelled by the rise in smartphone usage and inclusion in most major messaging platforms.

Twitters platform may just be the real pulse of the people in the coming Federal Election.

The latest Star Wars trailer has landed, with Luke’v voice and a glimpse of Han Solo, while Twitter’s new Star Wars emojis awaken the Force.