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Apple Emoji Turns 10
I've things you wouldn't . This article about emoji history on iOS is great. I remember downloading some sketchy app in 2008 just to unlock the hidden emoji keyboard. It's hard to remember how unusual it seemed to see pictures in the keyboard area. Many were hard to decipher and there didn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to them. The mystery made them compelling. Previous phones had built-in smileys but they weren't in wide use. I think the variety of emoji available made them something special that we're still enjoying incorporating into our language. Apple is missing something about their ambiguity by making emoji hyper-realistic, but they are pretty to look at on their high-resolution screens. I'm glad Emojipedia is keeping this history so past emoji won't be lost like in the .

See also: Who Created The Original Apple Emoji Set?
Recommended · Nov 24th, 2018, 3:40 pm
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iPhones are Allergic to Helium
This is such a great mystery and investigation that I don't want to spoil it with too many details. We try to keep our phones out of water but we should also try to keep them away from "large concentrations of small-molecule gas".
Recommended · Nov 1st, 2018, 8:08 am

What dark magic is this? Manual for iOS 10 just added the ability to shoot RAW photos.
Sep 14th, 2016, 1:13 pm
  • Apple: Untrustable « random($foo)
    Leonard has a great summary of the Apple security problem: "Either Apple’s security was so incompetent or negligent that they have not been aware of what was going on, or they knew, but actively ignored the issue and decided that it was not worth fixing."
Sep 10th, 2014, 5:00 pm
  • Umberto Eco: IBM vs. Mac
    "I am firmly of the opinion that the Macintosh is Catholic and that DOS is Protestant." heh, Umberto Eco weighed in on the Mac vs. PC war in 1994 by comparing the organization of operating systems with the organization of religions.
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  • YouTube - Airplane! vs. Zero Hour!
    Impossible! I had no idea Airplane! was based on an earlier movie. This video shows where the dialog overlaps between the two.
  • Emptyage: An open letter to Steve Jobs
    "Yet despite all the innovations in the iPhone 4, without basic telephony service it’s just a piece of shit." Matt Honan succinctly sums up Apple's AT&T problem. The frustrating part is that it's potentially solvable by opening things up to other carriers.
  • Subtraction.com: Better Screen, Same Typography
    "Building a great display for typography without building great typographic tools is a dereliction of duty." I've been noticing this too especially on the iPad's potentially gorgeous display. The app-makers, including Apple, just don't seem to care. [via jessamyn]
Jun 8th, 2010, 10:00 pm
  • Anil Dash: The Web in Danger
    Anil collects more thoughts on the coming storm of apps vs. open web. "This, for me, is a social issue, a cultural issue, and a political issue, not just a technological issue. Perhaps we need to speak of it that way more often, to make the stakes clear."
  • Tim O'Reilly: The War For the Web
    "...it's time for developers to take a stand. If you don't want a repeat of the PC era, place your bets now on open systems. Don't wait till it's too late." Tim O'Reilly on the coming platform storm. [via anil]
Nov 16th, 2009, 10:00 pm

These are links I added recently to my shared items at Google Reader. Just catching up.
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