Hindustan Times (Delhi)

Tiny emojis

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My favourite emoji is apple as this reminds me three important things, first apple is my favourite fruit, second the famous saying ‘an apple keeps the doctor away’ and third I am proud of my

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be sent on the company’s phones at the time had a very limited number of characters. Kurita created three categories of emoji — media, services and emotions. The first 177 were released on a mobile phone in 1999.

He had studied economics at university and did not have any experience in design or programmin­g.

selectable emojis on your smartphone keyboard.

Apple and other big tech companies like Google and Microsoft (all of whom are voting members of Unicode) voted against including the rifle emoji to celebrate the Summer Olympics’ shooting events. What’s really ironic about that rejection is the fact that the pistol emoji (another gun emoji that has no connection to the relevant Summer Olympics) is already part of Apple’s emoji set from years earlier. Shortly thereafter, Apple decided to replace the pistol emoji with a green water gun that made its debut in iOS 10.

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD IN STORE FOR EMOJIS?

The thing about emojis is that they’re still a relatively new phenomenon—especially when we venture out of Japan. Known in Japan since 1999, emojis have only gotten popular globally since about 2011, thanks to Apple’s inclusion of them in their smartphone keyboards. In just a few, short years, people have taken to emojis like nothing before! When everyone including your mom texts them, then you know you have a global phenomenon on your hands. VAISHNAVI SHARMA, Class 5, Vandana Internatio­nal School, Dwarka

Emojis help me to express feelings and makes conversati­on entertaini­ng. They are helpful in talking or relating to a person who is not present with us physically. I like laughing and big wide eyes emojis

NAMRATA SHARMA, Class 10, Queen’s Mary’s School, Mayur Vihar

I like the smiling face and hello emoji as they represents an angel and a person who has done something good. It helps us to hide our mistakes or to prove our innocence.

TRISHA SHARMA, Class 6,

Bal Mandir Sr Sec School, Defence Enclave

The tear of laughter and winking face are the best ever emojis ever created. Laughter is about the happiness and winking face is absolute classic that can help you downplay a serious situation whenever tense

PRAKRITI SHARMA, Class 10, DAV School, Shreshtha Vihar

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People painted as tigers take part in the Pulikali, or Tiger dance, in Thrissur on Thursday. The folk-art event is held every year in this town during the Onam festival. On the fourth day of celebratio­ns ( called Nalaam Onam), performers painted like...
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