Twitter emoji to raise awareness about suicide prevention
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) To raise awareness about suicide prevention in the country, Twitter India on Tuesday renewed its partnership with non-profit organisation White …
Twitter launches Ashoka Chakra emoji for 73rd Independence Day
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Ahead of India’s 73rd Independence Day on August 15, Twitter on Wednesday launched a customised Independence Day emoji of the …
Laughing with tears of joy most-used emoji in India
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Love laughing with tears of joy and blowing kisses with your emoticons? Well, so do most Indians on various social …
Salman’s ‘Bharat’ gets a Twitter emoji
Mumbai, May 27 (IANS) Twitter on Monday launched an official emoji for superstar Salman Khan’s upcoming film “Bharat”. The micro-blogging site came out with the …
Miley Cyrus sends cat emoji to Grande after split with Davidson
Los Angeles, Dec 24 (IANS) After singer Ariana Grande and comedian Pete Davidson broke off their engagement in October, singer Miley Cyrus let a cat …
Google Gboard to suggest GIFs, emoji using AI
San Francisco, Nov 13 (IANS) Google is rolling out a new Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based capability that would allow its first-party keyboard “Gboard” to suggest GIFs, …
Idris Elba gets his own Twitter emoji
Los Angeles, Nov 6 (IANS) Actor Idris Elba, this years sexiest man alive, has earned a Twitter emoji of his own. Elba was named PEOPLE’s …
Apple brings Group FaceTime and new emoji to iPhones, iPads
San Francisco, Oct 30 (IANS) Apple has brought Group FaceTime with up to 32 people simultaneously and over 70 new emoji to iPhones and iPads …
Twitter India celebrates Gandhi Jayanti with customised emoji
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Twitter India on Tuesday celebrated 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi with the announcement of a new customised “Gandhi Emoji”. …
Akshay’s ‘Gold’ gets a Twitter emoji
Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) Twitter on Friday launched a special emoji for Akshay Kumar’s forthcoming film “Gold.” Twitter came out with the emoji in association …
61 new emoji characters shortlisted for release in 2019
San Francisco, Aug 10 (IANS) Unicode Consortium, the organisation that regulates emojis has shortlisted 179 candidates — 61 characters plus variants — for release in …
Instagram testing emoji reactions feature for ‘Stories’
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Photo-messaging app Instagram is testing a new feature that allows users to react to “Stories” with emojis, just as they …
Apple, Facebook, Twitter celebrate World Emoji Day
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Apple, Facebook, Twitter and other tech giants celebrated World Emoji Day on Tuesday with declaring most used and favourite emojis, …
Twitter comes out with IIFA emoji
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) Twitter on Friday launched a special IIFA emoji for the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Weekend and Awards. Viewers can simply …
Rajinikanth gets ‘Kaala’ Twitter emoji
Mumbai, May 28 (IANS) Twitter on Monday launched a special emoji of superstar Rajinikanth for his film “Kaala”, which will release on June 7. The …
Google makes AI-powered emoji scavenger hunt
San Francisco, May 6 (IANS) Google has created a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) experiment that shows how the companys machine learning tools can be used …
After Google and Facebook, Microsoft to replace ‘pistol’ emoji
San Francisco April 26 (IANS) After Google and Facebook replaced the ‘pistol’ emoji with a ‘water gun’ emoji, Microsoft on Thursday tweeted that it is …
Twitter replaces ‘pistol’ emoji with ‘water gun’
San Francisco, April 12 (IANS) In a bid to fight the prevailing gun culture, Twitter has changed its “pistol” emoji to a bright green “water …
‘The Emoji Movie’ dominates Razzie Award ‘winners’
Los Angeles, March 3 (IANS) “The Emoji Movie” took the lead in the “winners” of the 38th annual Razzie Awards. It got awards in four …
‘The Emoji Movie’ helped me quit acting: Jordan Peele
Los Angeles, Feb 5 (IANS) Actor Jordan Peele says “The Emoji Movie” drove him to early retirement from acting. Late last month, after his incredible …