Today in Politics
. Roughly 10,000 conservative activists have driven, flown or taken a bus or train to the Washington area for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference.
Todays Scuttlebot: Digg Resurgence, and Nanoparticles vs. Viruses
. The technology reporters and editors of The New York Times scour the Web for important and peculiar items. For Tuesday, selections include Paul Allen opening an office in Silicon Valley to expand his investments there, a look back at the MySpace phone and a full set of emojis drawn by a cartoonist.
Apple releases iOS 8.3, including NEW EMOJIS with diversity.
Following the release of OS X 10.10.3 to the public, Apple has also released iOS 8.3 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The update, which has been in beta for several months, brings over 300 new emojis (including diversity��.
Everything you need to know about Snapchats HUGE new emoji update
Instead of seeing your best friends ranked as they used to be, you will now get to follow an emoji coda to see who your most snapped buddies really are. Starting today, a bunch of emojis will be popping up in your Snapchat friends list, the company.
Does Punctuation in Text Messages Matter?
. What are your personal “rules” for using punctuation and acronyms and abbreviations in text messages?
New York Today: Train Crash Snarls Commute
. Wednesday: the latest on Tuesday night’s deadly crash.
Snapchat Replaces ���Best Friends��� With Friend Emojis, Adds.
It was always weird that Snapchat exposed who you snapped with most in the ���Best Friends��� list, so today the app is ditching that for a new private way to see who youre closest to. Only you will see these new Friend Emojis��.
Apple Releases iOS 8.3 to the Public, Includes New Emojis
After a well-received beta test, Apple has released iOS 8.3 to the public. The new update is highlighted by the addition of over 300 new emojis, most notably various diverse characters. Siri also now has multiple new��.
New York Today: Cloudy With a Chance of Uncertainty
. Thursday: the epistemology of weather, possible snow tonight, and a federal judge rules in favor of emojis.
How to use the new, diverse emoji keyboard on iPhone and.
iOS 8.3 has over 300 new, more diverse emoji, including five alternate skin tones and thirty two new country flags As part of Apples ongoing efforts to address diversity, iOS 8.3 includes a much wider array of cultures and��.
When Your Punctuation Says It All (!)
In the texting era, symbols may say more than the words around them (or, at least, we think they do).. Symbols and punctuation say more in texting era than actual words.
Eavesdropping on the Seventh Grade ‘Instagram Show
. As a parent, I hate the app, and I too can’t quit it. When my daughter stops following some kid I know, it’s like she has killed off a character on my soap opera.
Apple releases new update iOS 8.3 with bug fixes, NEW EMOJIS
Apple launched its latest update iOS 8.3 to all iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users which includes a ton of new emoji characters and many bug fixes. Apple has redesigned its emoji selector to accommodate all the new choices which also include more.
Diverse emojis excite iOS users: Social media reaction
Thumbs up emoji! All of the thumbs up emojis! (And perhaps a clapping emoji, too.) Apple has just pushed out its much-anticipated suite of racially diverse emojis with its new iOS 8.3. Users of the adorable icons have been waiting for the wide release.
Apple focuses on diversity with new emoji
There are around 300 new emojis, which includes the new Apple Watch and more country flags. The diverse options arent displayed on the main keyboard. Users should hold down on their chosen emoji, where they will then see the option of five other skin .
Apples New Emoji Open Up a Whole New Realm of Painful.
Those who have updated their iPhones to iOS 8.3 have already seen the future: Among the many updates out today is a redesigned emoji keyboard with new and improved (and ���diverse���) emoji. Basically, the plot of every��.
Apple releases OS X 10.10.3: Photos app, 300 NEW EMOJIS.
The upgrade to the operating system, which has been in beta since March, includes the all-new Photos app that was introduced alongside Yosemite last year. It also includes over 300 new emoji, including multiple races and��.
Todays Scuttlebot: Inside Foxconn, and Technologys Limits
. The technology reporters and editors of The New York Times scour the Web for important and peculiar items. Wednesdays selection includes why writing for the Web requires more clarity and brevity, not less; an app that gives you information it thinks you will need based on the context of your conversation; and a report about working at a Foxconn plant in China.
Check out the emoji keyboard celebrities love
Stars like Lena Dunham and Seth Rogen have flocked to a new keyboard app called Bitmoji that lets users recreate their likeness in emoji form. Bitmoji is an application that can be downloaded for free as an iPhone and Android keyboard, supplementing .
Snapchat Swaps Best Friends List for Friends Emojis
Snapchat4 520x476 Snapchat swaps Best Friends list for Friend Emojis and adds a new low light. Snapchat used the Snap Channel of the Discover section on the app to announce the new feature rather than sending out a��.
The Epidemic of Facelessness
The anonymous communication social media creates both provokes and mitigates our inherent capacity for monstrosity.. Op-Ed article by author Stephen Marche considers impact that facelessness of contemporary culture, enabled by social media and the Internet, has on ethical behavior, given that face is central to ideas of justice and ethics in human history; questions how to remind everyone that people they are interacting with, and often harassing, online are actual human beings.
Twitter has gone into meltdown as people react to new Apple emojis
So when it was announced in February that Apple would be coming out with an updated range of emojis that would include racial diverse characters, there was understandable excitement. Well the new emojis are here and Twitter has gone into overdrive as .
US OPEN SCENE: Bryans Offer Tips to Fix US Tennis
Bob and Mike Bryan have a few tips for fixing what ails American tennis.
Apple launches OS X 10.10.3, introduces NEW EMOJIS and Photos app
OS X 10.10.3 includes the all-new Photos app���which we got a sneak peak of during the introduction of Yosemite during Apples Worldwide Developers Conference in 2014���plus 300 new diversified emoji. The update also includes a new ���look up��� panel .
Snapchat Update Introduces New Emoji System | Digital.
Snapchat has updated its app to bring new features, including emojis to mark your closest friends, reminders to send snaps, and a new low-light camera.
Test Run: Glide Video Messenger App
. Glide, a new video-based start-up, hopes to reinvent video messaging by allowing people to chat through video with their friends and leave messages in the cloud.
Apple releases iOS 8.3 with new Siri languages, diverse.
Among those new features is support for Wireless CarPlay, which allows folks with vehicles or head units that support the feature to use CarPlay without dealing with cables. There is also new, more diverse emojis, additional��.
New Snapchat update emoji - Business Insider
Everything you need to know about Snapchats HUGE new emoji update. Jillian DOnfro. to be mixed. Some think Snapchats new emoji-fication will cause fights (it probably will), while others like the new status symbols:��.
Apple launches iOS 8.3 with new emoji characters, wireless.
Apple on Wednesday issued the final release of iOS 8.3, adding features such as new emoji characters, Siri improvements, and wireless CarPlay support, alongside a multitude of bugfixes and minor interface tweaks.
Snapchats New Emoji Feature Will Make You Reevaluate.
Snapchat introduced a new feature yesterday that promised to change your life. Instead of the people you snapped most often being labeled your Best Friends, an emoji based on how often you snap people will appear��.
Everything You Need to Know About Snapchats New Emoji Feature
The new feature replaces the public Best Friends list, which was ditched last year after privacy concerns. Previously, anyone in a users contact list could see who they sent the most snaps to. But Friends Emojis are totally private and only the user.
New Black Emoji App Showcases Gold Watches, Natural Hair and HBCU Clothing
The need for more diverse emojis is at an all-time high while we wait for Apples iOS 8.3 software to update our emoji keyboards. Because of this, various app developers have created their own emoji keyboards to reflect cultural diversity in texts or.
New Yorker Cartoonist Barsotti Dies
Charles Barsotti, whose New Yorker cartoons plumbed the human condition featuring characters such as the psychiatrist dog and the pilgrim with the walking stick, has died. He was 80.
OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 with Photos for Mac, 300 new emojis.
Other new features in the 1.52-gigabyte update include 300 new emoji with racially diverse designs, improvements to Wi-Fi networking, bug fixes, performance improvements and more. The software is available via the Mac��.
The Writers Room
. Surrounded by photographs, family mementos and the clamor of everyday life, seven authors offer a glimpse into the spaces where they create.
Skype and Skype Qik mobile updates bring new chat layout, emojis and support.
On iOS, the update brings 12 new languages to the app ��� Turkish, Malay, Estonian, Hungarian, Hindi, Croatian, Slovak, Indonesian, Greek, Thai, Vietnamese and Catalan. The Skype Qik update is for iOS, Android and Windows devices and it offers eight new .
Cloroxs Bleach Emoji Tweet Is Considered Racist By Some Twitter Users
Clorox, the cleaning product company, issued a tweet about wanting to have their own emoji, but the message turned out to be a public relations nightmare. ���New emojis are alright but wheres the bleach,��� Clorox tweeted Wednesday evening to its 88,000 .
Apple Releases iOS 8.3 With Emoji Updates, Wireless.
iOS 8.3 has a heavy focus on emoji improvements, bringing an updated emoji picker that organizes emoji into categories in an easily scrollable list, new diversified emoji with expanded family options, and emoji skin tone��.
‘Empire,’ the Meteor That Never Fell to Earth
With its mix of family rivalry and skulduggery, Foxs hip-hop prime-time soap opera racked up ratings that kept growing, surprising its producers and Fox executives.. Fox will air season finale of series Empire, hip-hop drama that unexpectedly turned into smash hit of winter.
Couture Tries to Find Its Place in the Real World
Designers move to keep couture connected to reality with varying levels and degrees of success.. Fashion houses use real world as inspiration for their couture looks at Paris Fashion Week.
What Begat What
Once, you wore a barrel to signify poverty; now you launch a Kickstarter campaign.. Henry Alford Loose Ends column, citing Apple CEO Tim Cooks revelation that new smartwatch was inspired by Dick Tracys two-way radio watch, offers humorous suggestions for items from the past that served as precursors or inspirations for modern-day inventions.
Apples NEW EMOJIS turn into aliens when sent to earlier.
More important, the new version of the OS offers improved performance, a new keyboard design, and a bunch of bug fixes.
Keys, 19, Reaches First Major Quarterfinal _ and Wants More
Madison Keys turns 20 next month and her mother, Christine, is already sending her teasing texts featuring grandma emojis.
The New Emojis Have Launched, To Mixed Reactions (And There Are No.
New flags! Finally you can send relevant flags to your loved ones. God bless us all. The frequently used section is also bigger which is genuinely very helpful. Thanks, Apple. Tragically, for ginger people, the emoji keyboard still remains a barren.
Philadelphia Eagles vs. Giants: Prediction
Philadelphia’s collapse after a 9-3 start does not sit well with Coach Chip Kelly, who is not used to being excluded from the postseason.
The new emojis are not so diverse with no food updates
So, on closer inspection the new diverse emojis seem to be missing a few symbols that we think are crucial to our busy social media lives. Errr, where are the crisps? And the Prosecco or whatever region of fizz you can afford? Plus in the same sex.
Fsck those new emojis! Install iOS 8.3, OS X 10.10.3 NOW to squash all these.
iOS 8.3 also speeds up app launches and makes them more responsive. The update also fixes bugs in Messages, Calendar and CarPlay, and brings in sigh. new emojis. For OS X Yosemite Macs, the 10.10.3 update introduces an overhauled Photos app .
Heres How To Use The New, Diverse Emoji In iOS 8.3
New emoji are finally here! Now you can select the skin tone of your choice from the updated emoji picker in iOS 8.3 and OS X 10.10. Heres how to do it: first, make sure youve updated your phone. Then, bring up the new��.
At Versace and Dior, Designing a New Couture Context
The initial shows seem to be moving away from fantasy and toward a more grounded approach to fashion.
New Saints emojis?
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) ��� What Saints emoji do you like the best? The New Orleans Saints wish the new IOS 8.3 update included Saints emojis. The update has 300 new emojis that are more diverse. Can you think of any more Saints related emojis?
Apples NEW EMOJIS turn into aliens when sent to earlier versions of iOS
Apple released the latest update to iOS today ��� iOS 8.3 ��� and one of the main feature upgrades is the addition of hundreds of new emoji icons. Oddly, some of these new emojis turn into alien icons when sent to devices running earlier versions of iOS.
Todays Scuttlebot: Emoji Tracking and Spoofing GPS
. The New York Times’s staff scours the Web for important and peculiar items. Monday’s selections include a catalog of which emoji, the more elaborate cousins of emoticons, are popular and which ones aren’t. Plus, a group of students in Texas take control of an $80 million yacht by manipulating its navigation tools.