Jeremy Burge

The latest episode [http://podcast.emojiwrap.com/episodes/45660-2-the-military-is-an-activity] of the Emoji Wrap podcast is out now, with special guest Owen Williams [http://twitter.com/ow/]: > "The pre-iOS 10 episode. Two Owens, Samsung emoji weirdness, iMessage stickers, no love for Apple Watch emoji, iOS 10 redesign, Jumbomoji and

Being part of Unicode, emoji characters are very flexible. With a little bit of imagination, here's some fun emoji ideas that vendors could implement today using existing Unicode functionality. Bold Making an emoji bold does nothing on most (all?) systems right now. Here on my Mac, italic does

Samsung released [https://blog.emojipedia.org/galaxy-note-7-brings-flag-emojis/] the Galaxy Note 7 earlier this month which which added support for emoji flags, and now has in the works a much larger emoji update. The next Samsung Emoji update is to include Unicode 9 Emojis [http://emojipedia.org/unicode-9.0/] such as

Unicode this month released a draft update [http://unicode.org/reports/tr51/proposed.html] to TR-51, or in human terms, the document that describes what's-what's what in emoji standards. This draft is for Unicode Emoji Version 4.0: an update to Unicode's emoji documentation

Today we're pleased to be launching the Emoji Wrap Podcast [http://podcast.emojiwrap.com]! Hosted by me, Jeremy Burge, I'm joined by a guest (or guests) each episode to chat about all that's been going on in the world of emoji. In the first

In the second major emoji update in 10 months [https://blog.emojipedia.org/android-6-0-1-emoji-changelog/], Google today released [https://android.googleblog.com/2016/08/android-70-nougat-more-powerful-os-made.html] Android 7.0 "Nougat" with a bunch of emoji additions. This latest release adds support for skin tone modifiers, Unicode 9 [http://emojipedia.

Samsung is this week releasing [http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-7-review] the Galaxy Note 7, which is the first Samsung phone to include emoji flags [http://emojipedia.org/flags/] for countries around the world. Previous Samsung releases did not support emoji flags, and showed the two-letter country code in their place.

The demand for Emoji Flags for England, Scotland, and Wales [https://blog.emojipedia.org/emoji-flags-for-england-scotland-and-wales/] has been acknowledged by Unicode President Mark Davis. In a document titled Alternative Model for Subdivision Flags [http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16234-alt-model-subdiv-flags.pdf] submitted during the Unicode Technical Committee meeting held August 2—

Apple announced [http://www.apple.com/newsroom/2016/08/apple-adds-more-gender-diverse-emoji-in-ios-10.html] a number of changes to their emoji set this week, including better representation of women, single-parent families, and a pride flag. Many of these additions were met with a mixed reaction, but none has generated more feedback[1] than

Today Twitter rolled out support for the rainbow flag [http://emojipedia.org/rainbow-flag/] and pirate flag [http://emojipedia.org/pirate-flag/] emojis. The rainbow flag emoji was documented by Unicode last month [https://blog.emojipedia.org/rainbow-flag-emoji-details-published/], stating that vendors are able to introduce this right away[1], as it is

Microsoft today released [https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/08/02/how-to-get-the-windows-10-anniversary-update/] Windows 10 Anniversary Update [http://emojipedia.org/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/] which includes a completely new emoji design, full Unicode 9 emoji support, as well as interracial and single parent families — a first for any operating system. This version of

Update September 2016: iOS 10 has been released, and a full changelog of emoji updates [https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-10-emoji-changelog/] is available. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apple today released [http://www.apple.com/newsroom/2016/08/apple-adds-more-gender-diverse-emoji-in-ios-10.html] iOS 10 beta 4 which includes an emoji update. Changes and additions include: * Rainbow Flag

In the beginning Shigetaka Kurita[1] created emoji on NTT Docomo phones in Japan. Now the emoji was limited and small, text was still pervasive, and the upcoming influence of the people was hovering over the waters. And the people said, “Let there be more emoji,” and emoji was added

Today WhatsApp quietly released an update which added support for an Olympic Rings emoji [http://emojipedia.org/olympic-rings/] on iOS and Android. Just in time for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games [https://www.rio2016.com/en], this new emoji appears in the latest update[1] for all users. Interestingly, the

Users of DuckDuckGo [http://duckduckgo.com] may have discovered some Emojipedia integration in recent months. The most obvious feature is this: Type any emoji into DuckDuckGo to find out what it means, without even leaving the site. This feature was developed by Mathew Byrne [https://twitter.com/mathewbyrne] and uses

In June 2016, 72 new emojis [https://blog.emojipedia.org/unicode-9-0-released-with-72-new-emojis/] were released as part of Unicode 9.0 [http://emojipedia.org/unicode-9.0/]. Recent history would have suggested that the next new emojis would be coming in June 2017 as part of Unicode 10.0 [http://emojipedia.org/unicode-10.

A document [http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16183-rainbow-flag.pdf] describing how vendors can implement a Rainbow Flag Emoji has today been published. This document, written by Mark Davis and the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee[1], details a sequence that vendors can use to support a pride flag emoji [http://emojipedia.

Today is July 17 which means one thing: World Emoji Day! There's a lot to celebrate. First of all, thanks to Jonathan Mann who produced the first World Emoji Day anthem which might just get stuck in your head all day: *🎶 Everybody uses emoji; Emojis are for all

Twitter today rolled out an update to the emojis available on the website, which includes 72 new additions from Unicode 9.0 [http://emojipedia.org/unicode-9.0/]. Rolling out just in time for World Emoji Day [http://worldemojiday.com], this update makes Twitter the first major platform to include new

Not all emojis are equal. It's not obvious from looking at them, but some emojis are more than they seem. While most emojis are not dissimilar to a © symbol or the letter Q in the Unicode Standard; others are created by joining multiple emojis together behind the scenes.

A proposal [http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16180-eng-scot-wales-flags.pdf] for emoji flags of England, Scotland and Wales has been submitted to the Unicode Consortium in anticipation of the next Unicode Technical Committee meeting in August 2016. I co-authored this proposal with Owen Williams [https://twitter.com/OwsWills/], which seeks

With new emojis released as part of Unicode 9 last week [https://blog.emojipedia.org/unicode-9-0-released-with-72-new-emojis/], many are looking for a timeline of when these will be available on various platforms such as iOS, Android, and Windows. If you have been searching for when the new emojis will come to

Version 9.0 of the Unicode Standard has today been released, including 72 new emojis [http://emojipedia.org/unicode-9.0/] such as the shrug [http://emojipedia.org/shrug/], facepalm [http://emojipedia.org/face-palm/], fingers crossed [http://emojipedia.org/hand-with-index-and-middle-fingers-crossed/] and selfie [http://emojipedia.org/selfie/]. Faces, hand gestures, gender pairings[

Unicode 9.0 [http://emojipedia.org/unicode-9.0/] comes out on June 21 and has 72 new emojis [https://blog.emojipedia.org/new-unicode-9-emojis/] including the croissant [http://emojipedia.org/croissant/], whisky glass [http://emojipedia.org/tumbler-glass/], and fingers crossed [http://emojipedia.org/hand-with-index-and-middle-fingers-crossed/]. With Apple's World Wide Developer

Update: Unicode 9.0 has now been released [https://blog.emojipedia.org/unicode-9-0-released-with-72-new-emojis/]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unicode 9.0 [http://emojipedia.org/unicode-9.0/] includes 72 new emojis, and is scheduled for release on June 21, 2016. We have created mockups for every emoji, showing how we think they will look: These