Jul 21, 2021 · 20m
Of 176 small pictograms born in Japan over 20 years ago, they have surpassed the 3000 symbol mark.
Émoji-nation
A playful and offbeat investigation into the world of emojis: the little ideograms we use in our instant messaging. How did a fun, pop Esperanto go from being a work of art to being an instrument of cultural domination?
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Jul 21, 2021 · 20m
The history of the Consortium begins in January 1991, when the World Wide Web is still in its infancy. It’s a chaos between exchanges of computer texts on the planet. There are too many encoding systems depending on equipment and countries. However, languages must be unified to allow computer science texts to be exchanged on a global scale. It was then that the word processing giants Xerox, IBM and Apple decided to create the Unicode Consortium.
Jul 21, 2021 · 20m
It is fun, practical, but maybe (too) simple and too controlled? Because behind these little signs, how can’t we see the shadow of Georges Orwell's newspeak in his 1984 novel.
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When did Émoji-nation Season 1 premiere?
Émoji-nation Season 1 premiered on July 21, 2021.
How many episodes are in Émoji-nation Season 1?
Émoji-nation Season 1 has 3 episodes.
What is the first episode of Émoji-nation Season 1?
The season opens with Season 1 Episode 1, "Everyone Wants Their Emoji". It aired on July 21, 2021.
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