CRISIS AVERTED: Japan Standardizes Its Emoji [Japan]

There's been a storm brewing in Japan—emoji, the ubiquitous text-based faces that dominate Japanese mobile communications, have been getting mistranslated between carriers. You send a picture of a bull, they get a picture of a cow, AND PEOPLE START DYING. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/0kAY9WkC7CE/crisis-averted-japan-standardizes-its-emoji

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