{"id":96031,"date":"2016-06-22T09:11:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T07:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=96031"},"modified":"2016-06-22T14:39:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T12:39:00","slug":"these-are-the-worlds-72-newest-emojis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/96031-these-are-the-worlds-72-newest-emojis","title":{"rendered":"These are the world&#8217;s 72 newest emojis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Version 9.0 of Unicode has been\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.emojipedia.org\/unicode-9-0-released-with-72-new-emojis\/\" target=\"_blank\">released,\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>bringing with it over 72 new emojis including &#8220;shrug&#8221;, &#8220;facepalm&#8221;, &#8220;fingers crossed&#8221;, and &#8220;selfie&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This follows controversy after Apple pressured Unicode to drop the &#8220;rifle&#8221; emoji following recent mass-shooting incidents in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The new version also introduces a number of other important features including over 7,500 new characters and support for a number of African languages, including Fulani and new dialects of Swahili.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can check out the full list of new emojis below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Emoji.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96033\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Emoji.jpg\" alt=\"Emoji\" width=\"2073\" height=\"980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Emoji.jpg 2073w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Emoji-768x363.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2073px) 100vw, 2073px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Do you use emojis when messaging with friends? Let us know in the comments below and in our forums.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to This is why South Africans pay so much more for their graphics cards\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/95347-this-is-why-south-africans-pay-so-much-more-for-their-graphics-cards.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">This is why South Africans pay so much more for their graphics cards<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Check out the smallest gaming PC case in the world\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/95055-check-out-the-smallest-gaming-pc-case-in-the-world.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Check out the smallest gaming PC case in the world<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to The biggest movie releases in South Africa this week\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/95769-the-biggest-movie-releases-in-south-africa-this-week-4.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">The biggest movie releases in South Africa this week<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Version 9.0 of Unicode has released bringing with it over 72 new emojis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":96035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2226],"tags":[19693,19695,19697,12509],"class_list":["post-96031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-mobile","tag-emoji","tag-messaging","tag-unicode","tag-whatsapp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96063,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96031\/revisions\/96063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}