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By Don Orozco EBC US correspondent/ Eagle News Service A list of new emojis has been approved by the Unicode consortium, an agency that handles release of emojis. There were about 37 new emojis that will be added for use in all of digital devices. Some of the emojis feature peaking eyes, empty nest, a heart emoji with different skin tones and a troll emoji. An emoji is a pictogram, logogram, ideogram or smiley […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) – Chinese artist Badiucao, whose anonymous political satire infuriated Beijing and earned him comparisons to Banksy, on Thursday announced a protest campaign against Twitter over what he says is its pandering to China. This is the second time the social media giant has come under fire in the last week over its handling of China-related content after it apologized for mistakenly suspending accounts critical of Beijing — just days ahead of […]
By Joanne Soriano EBC New York Bureau NEW YORK (Eagle News) — How often do you receive or send emojis when communicating with family and friends? The emoji, a Japanese term for “picture character,” has grown in popularity across generations and cultures as an expression of language in today’s digital world of smartphones, computers and social media. The documentary “Picture Character” takes viewers across time and distances to explore when the emoji was first created […]
This photo by Eagle News photo correspondent Alvin “Zaijian Chu” Melitante shows how nature can create its own “emoji.” This emoji is made from dried coconut found on the shores of Dancalan Beach in Donsol, Sorsogon, a municipality known for whale shark sightings. (Eagle News Service)
by Anne Beade and Miwa Suzuki Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — From a humble smiley face with a box mouth and inverted “V’s” for eyes, crude weather symbols, and a rudimentary heart — emoji have now exploded into the world’s fastest-growing language. There are now about 1,800 emoji characters — and counting. They cover everything from emotions and food to professions, are racially diverse and have become an integral part of the smartphone age. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (February 18) – Facebook is the most popular and most commonly-used social networking site. People love this because of its accessibility and simple features. You can post your pictures and ideas, have conversation through chat, comment on your friends’ posts and share and agree on other’s perspective. It’s easy, all you have to do is hit the “like” button. From the start, the “like” button has confused several people. The big question is why […]
