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World Emoji Day 2023: Date, History, Significance And Celebration Of The Universal Language Of Emojis

These small digital symbols have broken through language boundaries, allowing us to communicate more efficiently. Here is all you need to know about World Emoji Day, including its date, history, meaning, and celebration.

Jul 17, 2023, 10:28 AM IST

Emojis Are Good for Expressing Our Emotions, BUT...: Find Out Why A Thumbs-Up Sticker Forces A Farmer to Pay Rs 60 lakh

Beware Of Emoji: A Canadian court fined Chris Achter, a farmer in Saskatchewan, Rs 50,88,893 for using the thumbs-up emoji in response to a contract that the buyer received over a text message.

Jul 12, 2023, 21:41 PM IST

Google's latest Android 13 update for Pixel devices brings new emojis

The update introduced new animal emojis -- donkey, moose, goose, and jellyfish, as well as a wing.

Jan 11, 2023, 08:24 AM IST

World Emoji Day: Google to soon roll out over 900 redesigned emojis

Google said it will first be available in Gmail and Google Chat, while they will come to Chromebooks with an improved emoji picker in Chrome OS 92 at the end of July.

Jul 17, 2021, 14:01 PM IST

Now a multi-skin tone handshake emoji will arrive in 2022

Following the same path, Google, Samsung, Facebook, and others are also expected to bring some new emojis soon this year. Out of all the emojis, the one that has caught the eye of everyone is multi-skin tone handshake emojis which are scheduled to launch next year.

May 02, 2021, 09:46 AM IST

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Do you know - First emoji was used in the 17th century

अगर आप बात बात पर इमोजी को ले आते हैं तो यह वीडियो आपको जरूर देखना चाहिए।

Mar 19, 2021, 10:10 AM IST

Twitter launches special emoji for 74th Independence Day

The design of the emoji represents the innermost structure of the Memorial, called the 'Amar Chakra' or the 'Circle of Immortality'.

Aug 14, 2020, 15:43 PM IST

Google adds quick access emoji bar in Gboard for Android

The new emoji shortcuts bar in Gboard will appear right above the keyboard.

Jul 20, 2020, 14:51 PM IST

Twitter launches Ashoka Chakra emoji for 73rd Independence Day

The emoji will be live until August 18 and will be available in English and several Indic languages, such as Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali and Oriya, Twitter said.

Aug 14, 2019, 17:05 PM IST

Google to add 65 new emoji to Android Q, to include diya lamp for Diwali celebrations

Google is also supporting 53 emojis with gender inclusive designs that will be added to Android Q later this year.

Jul 18, 2019, 11:22 AM IST

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DNA Analysis of Futuristic language ''Emoji''

Here's the DNA Analysis of Futuristic language ''Emoji''

Jul 17, 2019, 23:02 PM IST

Akshay Kumar's 'Mission Mangal' gets special Twitter emoji

The world is today celebrating the Emoji Day which celebrates the small digital icons. The special day was founded by Emojipedia`s Jeremy Burge in 2014, a year after the word was added to the Oxford Dictionary.

Jul 17, 2019, 11:45 AM IST

World's oldest emoji painted on 3,700-year-old piece of pottery unearthed!

The pitcher, which dates to about 1700 BC, was found in a burial site beneath a house in Karkemish, said Nikolo Marchetti, associate professor at the University of Bologna in Italy.

Jul 23, 2017, 17:06 PM IST

Scientists discover world's oldest emoji

A lawyer reviewing municipal account documents in a village next to the Strazov Mountains of Slovakia, signed his go-ahead by drawing a small circle with two dots and a line - an image recognised today as a smiley-face emoji.

Feb 05, 2017, 19:46 PM IST

Robbie Williams launches own emojis

English singer Robbie Williams has launched his own range of emojis on his new app called the RobbieMoji.

Jul 30, 2016, 07:47 AM IST

Facebook Messenger celebrates 1 billion monthly active users with floating balloon emoji!

Messenger is now the second-most popular iOS app of all time, behind Facebook.

Jul 21, 2016, 10:41 AM IST

Emoji worth thousand words: Twitter study

As brands increasingly start using emoji in their ad campaigns, Twitter has also started monetising them through paid ad emoji.

Nov 20, 2015, 17:19 PM IST

DNA: Oxford Dictionaries selects 'tears of joy' emoji as word of the year

The Oxford Dictionaries' 2015 "Word of the Year" isn't a word. It's not even a acronym or slang for something weird on the Internet.

Nov 17, 2015, 23:27 PM IST

First time ever: Oxford Dictionaries select 'tears of joy' emoji as 'word' of the year!

The reason behind selecting this emoji was that it was the most frequently used emoji this year and it best reflected the ethos, mood, and preoccupations of 2015.

Nov 17, 2015, 22:53 PM IST