Emoji
Culture
What’s in an emoji? More than you think!
Unicode Emoji Standard and Research Working Group members will dive into their specialty in a webinar scheduled for Tuesday.
Press Release
Unicode Consortium Announces new Executive Director & COO
The Unicode Consortium announced on July 20, 2021, the appointment of Toral Cowieson in the newly-created position of Executive Director & COO.
“We are thrilled...
Culture
Bridget Jones’s Burkini: Emojis and Digital Diversity
Emojis have been called the world's fastest growing language.
Unsurprisingly, how societal diversity is represented by emojis is to the fore. Icons for gender, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation,...
Business
Global Branding and those “Minority” Languages: Business Benefits
Superb article in the UK's Guardian newspaper about the business benefits of branding using what are often snottily referred to as "minority" languages: Basque, Cornish, Irish, Welsh,...
Culture
The Advent of Finnish Emojis: Happy Holidays, Headbangers
The Finnish government has released its own set of emojis (絵文字) that capture just what it means to be so Finnish. Reflecting the season that's in it, you...
