Before Apple even supported emoji, the faces available in Japan and from other carriers had a yellow hue. Even AOL’s Instant Messenger — which supported a mere 12 cartoon emoticons in the late ...

Instead of only being yellow, they recommended emoji also include five skin tone options.

In short, the yellow emoji in the racially diverse set are not meant to ... do however, have a few theories about why yellow made the grade for Apple and Google's Gchat, while colors like ...

So, Apple probably isn't trying to be racist with its new emoji. Think of it more like LEGO people: Yellow means "generic" in this case. Now where's the emoji for damage control?

The Emoji's official name is "Face with Medical Mask" and it was added to iPhone iOS in 2008. Apple's move to alter the symbol follows Samsung, which gave its users a happier face mask emoji in March.

Apple just pushed the latest OS X update seed to developers and hiding inside is a nice surprise: a brand new roster of racially diverse emoji. Finally! It’s been a long time coming. People have ...

Related: Apple unveils iPhone 6S, Apple TV, iPad Pro There's a "nerd face" which is a yellow emoji with glasses and buck teeth (at least Apple did not go full stereotype and put tape in the middle ...

July 17 was World Emoji Day 2019. Apple has just revealed a score of new emoji. They include new animals, food and disability-themed images. Oh, and one you will wonder how you managed without ...

In a new beta version of its operating system, Apple has introduced new, racially diverse emojis. The website 9to5mac shared some screen shots with its readers.Here is one of them: ...

The emoji update, with designs organized by the Unicode Consortium, also includes emoji of interracial couples. Previously, many emoji with two or more people on iOS could only be yellow, but the ...

J uly 17 marks World Emoji Day and in celebration, Apple teased a set of new emoji it will release with the next iOS update, 13.0, this fall. As July 17 is the date shown on the calendar emoji, it ...