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It’s been a big week for emoji ?
After Monday kicked things off with the fourth annual World Emoji Day ? Apple announced a new set of emojis coming to the iPhone later this year, including Woman With Headscarf and Zombie. ?Also, Google announced its traditional “blob” emoji, which are getting overhauled later this year, will still be available to Allo users as a sticker pack ?
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Later this month will see the debut of the Emoji Movie. ? It hits theaters on July 28, and Sony Pictures hosted a ceremony at the Empire State Building to both promote the movie and commemorate World Emoji Day, with the movie’s cast — including Patrick Stewart ? and Maya Rudolph ? — hosting an event where the iconic skyscraper was lit up in “emoji yellow” ? Read more…
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