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Emoji

It's the Japanese term for the picture characters or emoticons used in Japanese electronic messages and webpages. It's pronounced eh-moh-jee. Originally meaning pictograph, the word literally means "picture" + "letter". The characters are used much like emoticons elsewhere, but a wider range is provided, and the icons are standardized and built into the handsets.

Algorithm reveals which new emoji Twitter users most desire
  • Twitter

Algorithm reveals which new emoji Twitter users most desire

  • Thomas Macaulay
  • 5 years ago
This AI uses emoji to protect BLM protestors from facial recognition
  • Artificial intelligence

This AI uses emoji to protect BLM protestors from facial recognition

  • Thomas Macaulay
  • 5 years ago
Emoji have been around since 1862 — here’s the complete timeline
  • Facebook

Emoji have been around since 1862 — here’s the complete timeline

  • Izaak Crook
  • 5 years ago

There’s yet another proposal for an EV charger emoji
  • Charging station

There’s yet another proposal for an EV charger emoji

  • Matthew Beedham
  • 5 years ago
YouTube now lets creators respond to comments with AI-generated smart replies
  • Apps

YouTube now lets creators respond to comments with AI-generated smart replies

  • Mix
  • 5 years ago
4 eye-opening facts about emoji, explained by an emoji historian
  • Conversation

4 eye-opening facts about emoji, explained by an emoji historian

  • Flavia Pollastrini
  • 5 years ago
Twitter wants to let you react with emoji — but why?
  • Apps

Twitter wants to let you react with emoji — but why?

  • Rachel Kaser
  • 5 years ago
How the soap and crown emoji subtly communicate fears and advice about coronavirus
  • Coronavirus

How the soap and crown emoji subtly communicate fears and advice about coronavirus

  • The Conversation
  • 5 years ago
Connect with your remote team: A simple heart emoji goes a long way
  • Entrepreneurship

Connect with your remote team: A simple heart emoji goes a long way

  • Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten
  • 5 years ago
WhatsApp teams up with the WHO to release 21 new stickers about quarantine life
  • Apps

WhatsApp teams up with the WHO to release 21 new stickers about quarantine life

  • Napier Lopez
  • 5 years ago
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