Unicode Consortium Releases Unicode 8 With Taco, Cheese and Unicorn Face Emoji [iOS Blog]
The Unicode Consortium today released Unicode 8, the next update to the Unicode Standard that defines special characters and symbols, including emoji. Unicode 8 introduces 7,716 new characters, including six new scripts and new symbols, with letters to support languages in Africa, lowercase Cherokee symbols, and more.
Of interest to iPhone and Mac users is the emoji portion of Unicode 8, which introduces 37 new emoji and five emoji modifiers (these are the same skin tone modifiers that Apple has already adopted). These new emoji may eventually be added to Apple’s Mac and iOS operating systems.
Of the 37 new emoji, inclusions based on popular request include taco, cheese wedge, burrito, bottle with popping cork, hot dog, popcorn, turkey, and unicorn face. Missing sports symbols like badminton and volleyball are also included, as are several new faces: face with rolling eyes, zipper-mouth face, robot face, upside-down face, and hugging face.
Emoji examples via Emojipedia
Unicode only includes text descriptions for each of the emoji, so it’s up to each individual company to create the graphics to go along with the symbols. When these emoji eventually make their way to the iPhone, they’ll look different than the images above.
Apple has adopted the emoji skin tone modifiers outlined in Unicode 8, but it has not yet adopted the new emoji symbols. In fact, Apple still has not adopted the Unicode 7 standard that was finalized in June of 2014, continuing to offer only the emoji that were included in Unicode 6. It is not known when Apple might add new emoji, but it has not done so in iOS 9, aside from a few new flags.
The Unicode Consortium is already working on Unicode 9 for 2016. Emoji additions proposed for Unicode 9 include bacon, avocado, shrug, croissant, owl, selfie, drooling face, and more.
How to Make Icons and Fonts Bigger on Apple Watch [iOS Blog]
The Apple Watch screen is small. So small that it can be difficult for some people to read messages and other text on the device. Also, even though the Home screen icons get bigger when they are centered on the screen, you might find yourself accidentally tapping the wrong one more often than you’d like.
Apple has included a couple of accessibility features that make dynamic text larger on the screen, and there are options to make all of the icons stay big on the Home screen instead of shrinking and growing when they are not centered. We have a tutorial to show you how to enable these features.
Reduce Motion
The same feature that helps keep people from getting motion sickness in iOS 8 makes app icons larger on the Home screen on Apple Watch. It makes it a little bit easier to tap those tiny icons.
- On Apple Watch, navigate to the Home screen and then open the Settings app.
- Select General. Then scroll down to Accessibility.
- Tap Reduce Motion and toggle the switch to the on position.
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- Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone and go to My Watch.
- Select General, and then Accessibility.
- Tap Reduce Motion and toggle the switch to the on position.
Now, the icons on your Home screen will remain at their fullest size instead of shrinking down as they move away from the center of the screen, as seen in the image at the top of this post.
Tip: If an app is centered on the screen, you don’t even have to tap it to open it. Instead, rotate the Digital Crown to open the app. The hard part is being able to tell which app is centered.
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Vessel Beta is now on Android
Vessel is the new way to watch early web series, music videos, and full TV segments and now it is here for Android in beta. Previously, Vessel was on iOS, but due to popular demand the company has decided to listen to customers and create an Android app as well. Vessel costs only $2.99 per month after trying it for free for the first month. There are no commitments and you can cancel at any time. If you are not yet a subscriber, you can also watch some free videos as well.
What you get with Vessel:
– Early access to the best short-form videos from 100+ channels including The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Rhett & Link, Connor Franta, Machinima, Ingrid Nilsen, Epic Meal Time, Nerdist, Shane Dawson, Marcus Butler, Caspar Lee, Anna Akana, Tastemade, Bart Baker, SeaNanners, Meredith Foster, Linus Tech Tips, and more.
– Personalize your video experience. Follow shows, channels and categories based on your interests.
– Explore categories like prank, get glam, food & drink, geek, drama queen, design & build, actions sports, comedy, science & ideas and vloggers.
Users running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean or later can download the beta app for free. Please do remember this app is only in beta and you may run into some bugs here and there.
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Huawei employee allegedly confirms company’s involvement in a Nexus phone
An unidentified Huawei employee located in the United Kingdom has allegedly confirmed that the company is working with Google on a phone to be released later this year. The employee told IBTimes UK that the Huawei-made Nexus phone will come this fall but did not share anything else, such as specifications or a release date, beyond that. This, along with yesterday’s LG-made Nexus phone details, all but confirms that Google has plans to release two Nexus phones in October.
Source: IBTimes UK
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Easily record your game play with Samsung’s Game Recorder+
There are a bevy of different ways to record your intense gaming sessions on your PC or console, however, there really isn’t an easy way to record your gaming sessions on your phone. Sure you could set up a tripod and point the camera at your device while you’re playing, but that could screw things up while you’re in the game.
Samsung has released an app that allows owners of the Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, Note 4, Galaxy S5, Note 3, Galaxy S4, and Note 2
The games are recorded in 1080p, and Game Recorder+ allows users to easily edit and upload their gameplay to YouTube directly from the app. If you are an owner of the Samsung Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge, Game Recorder+ allows users to record in-game audio directly from the game, without the necessity of any other headphones and with no backgroung. You can even be one of the cool kids on YouTube and set up the face-cam to record at the same time, so that you can catch those uh oh moments during your game play.
Available on the Play Store for free, this is definitely something worth trying out if you meet the per-requisites, and are wanting to get into more mobile gaming, while still being able to share the game play with the world.
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Microsoft’s Cortana coming to Android in July
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icrosoft’s version of Google Now, Cortana, is on its way to Android. We reported last month that Microsoft had stated that Cortana would be available for Android sometime this year. Well, today Microsoft officially revealed that the beta version of Cortana for Android would be available in July.
Cortana for Android will be a standalone app and should work like almost every other voice assistant. Here is the catch though, it will not offer as much functionality as the Cortana app for Windows. It will only work as a companion app for your Windows PC.
“Some features require access to the system that aren’t currently possible with iOS or Android, so things like toggling settings or opening apps won’t initially be available in the Cortana companions for those platforms“
Although the official announcement has been made, there is no word on a release date yet. Microsoft’s move to bring Cortana over to Android is quite understandable, as the company is extending it’s reach to rival platforms and we have already seen the presence of Microsoft Office in the Play Store.
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