The Next Web: How the soap and crown emoji subtly communicate fears and advice about coronavirus. “In digital communication, where visual information often conveys key ideas in memorable, pithy and fun ways, emoji is king. And as our world has changed due to COVID-19, new ways of deploying emoji have sprung up in response.”
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USA Today: Need a hug during the coronavirus pandemic? Facebook has a new feel-good reaction for that
USA Today: Need a hug during the coronavirus pandemic? Facebook has a new feel-good reaction for that. “The new Facebook reaction – an emoji hugging a heart – is intended as shorthand to show caring and solidarity when commenting on a status update, message, photo or video during the coronavirus crisis, Fidji Simo, head of the Facebook app, said in an interview.”
Mashable: New emoji are being delayed by the coronavirus pandemic
Mashable: New emoji are being delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. “One unexpected effect of the coronavirus pandemic has to do with the colorful little pictograms we use on our phones and computers to express, well, pretty much everything: emoji. According to the Unicode Consortium, a non-profit which takes care of the Unicode Standard – a widely-used standard for character encoding on computers and phones – the release of Unicode 14.0 has been postponed by six months.”
Twitter launches new ‘Stay At Home’ emoji: How to use (The Indian Express)
The Indian Express: Twitter launches new ‘Stay At Home’ emoji: How to use. “Twitter has now come out with a new feature to encourage its users to stay at home and stay safe. The company is now activating its ‘Stay At Home’ emoji for people to use globally.”
Radio .com: Coronavirus Twitter Emoji Makes Its Debut
Radio .com: Coronavirus Twitter Emoji Makes Its Debut. “The coronavirus pandemic has spawned a new Twitter hashtag emoji for #handwashing: a pair of hands being lathered up by bubbly pink soap and rinsed by off by blue drops of water.”
Emoji etiquette in the workplace: The good, the bad and the downright inappropriate (Human Resources)
Human Resources: Emoji etiquette in the workplace: The good, the bad and the downright inappropriate. “Emojis are everywhere nowadays. When words fail us or we want to lighten the mood, very often we turn to emojis. In fact even in a professional work setting, 71% of respondents in Perkbox’s latest survey feel emojis should be encouraged.”
Make Tech Easier: Google Rolls Out New “Emoji Kitchen” Update For Gboard
Make Tech Easier: Google Rolls Out New “Emoji Kitchen” Update For Gboard. “Have you felt the default offering of emojis isn’t enough to express yourself? Google is trying to remedy that with its new update for its Android keyboard app, Gboard. With this update comes a brand new feature — the Emoji Kitchen.”
