On World Emoji Day (Wednesday 17th July), global socially-led creative agency We Are Social and the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) have announced a mission to make emojis – the universal online language – more accessible to blind and partially sighted people. In the UK, there are currently more than two million people […]
Three UK, one of the best network for data in the country, has unveiled the new face of its flagship London store, featuring three lioness emojis in support of the forthcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup. This follows the success of last year’s campaign, which saw selected Three’s stores have a makeover to show three lion emojis in […]
Microsoft has released a new app that aims to demonstrate how its Windows Machine Learning APIs can be used to build apps and “make machine learning fun and approachable.” Emoji8 is a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app that uses machine learning to determine how well you can imitate emojis. As you make your best efforts […]
Beko, a leading home appliances brand, has announced the latest step in its global mission to inspire children to live healthier, active lives. Beko’s Eat Like A Pro campaign has been encouraging children to eat healthily as part of an ongoing commitment with UNICEF and the support of the Barça Foundation to help prevent childhood […]
ESPN Brazil partnered with electronics giant Samsung to turn the hosts of “SportsCenter” into cartoon versions of themselves to promote the animoji features of the Galaxy S9 and S9+ smartphones, according to a press release. Faces of ESPN anchors Paulo Soares and Antero Greco were transformed into emojis for four episodes of the show that […]
The use of emojis has added a lot to text communication. We all know that when you receive a disco dancing emoji followed by three wine glasses in response to the question of whether your friend is still on for a few after work drinks, that the night could be about to spiral out of […]
British sweet manufacturer Swizzels has given its iconic Love Hearts sweets a digital makeover with the launch of an emoji-themed range. As emojis become a globally-recognised way of communicating, 11 of the nation’s favourite emojis now feature alongside Love Hearts’ traditional messages, making Love Hearts history. To support the launch, Swizzels has created an on-pack […]
Push notifications featuring emojis an 85 per cent greater open rate on average, compared to those sent without emojis, according to a report from mobile marketing platform Leanplum. The report, using data from Leanplum and App Annie, found that of over 2.6bn push notifications analysed emoji-powered notifications were better received. It also found that Android […]
I know how exciting advertising tech is. I can sense your wavering trepidation at reading about anything advertising related. On the other hand, this is about emojis as well and I know how much you love emojis. After all, emojis could be the future of communication so why not advertising as well? Now Inmoji takes that […]
Over 30,000 people petitioned for the addition of a taco emoji to the current collection of emojis. These expressive images have evolved from yellow, googly eyed balls to highly-detailed, racially-diverse faces. But why settle for one visual representation of a culture when you can have a full catalogue of emojis tailored specifically to a country’s […]