Wednesday, April 15, 2015

TECH WIDGET: MEET APPLE's (IOS 8.3) NEW DIVERSE EMOJIS

Hello people..So Emojis made the news!! Apple's IOS 8.3 will have 300 New Emojis including diverse options.

Emojis are small digital images that are accessible through virtual keyboards used for expressing emotions on smartphones, tablets and PCs. If you enjoy using emojis on your iPhone, then you may be happy to hear that 300 more have been added to the keyboard in iOS 8.3. The current set of emojis include an Asian man wearing a gua pi mao cap and an Indian man wearing a turban, but there are no black people represented. This will change when Apple devices are updated with iOS 8.3 because several of the tiny cartoon emojis will be available in six new skin tones.
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It seems Twitter was buzzing about the #EmojiUpdate. OK Let's say #Emoji was trending..lol

What are your thoughts about the new diverse emojis? 

Y.M.
IRepCamer

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