Apple proposes 13 new emojis to represent people with disabilities

Apple has proposed a set of new emoji to provide better representation of people with disabilities.

The 13 emoji include guide dogs, hearing aids, prosthetic limbs and people using canes and wheelchairs.

It is hoped that the emoji will be approved and released by next year

In a statement, the tech giant said: "Apple is requesting the addition of emoji to better represent individuals with disabilities.

"Currently, emoji provide a wide range of options, but may not represent the experiences of those with disabilities.

"One in seven people around the world has some form of disability, whether that be a physical disability involving vision, hearing or loss of physical motor skills, or a more hidden, invisible disability."

Apple said its proposed additions are "not meant to be a comprehensive list of all possible depictions of disabilities - it is intended to be a starting point".

Apple worked with various charities on the new designs

While coming up with the new emoji, the tech giant worked with various disability charities including the American Council of the Blind, the Cerebral Palsy Foundation and the National Association of the Deaf.

If approved, the emoji are likely to be released early in 2019.

The plans have received a warm reaction on social media, with Jordan Samuel tweeting: "This is awesome! It's great to see support for the disabled community despite never using emojis it's a great addition."

Charles Matthews wrote: "At last Apple proposing more diverse representation in emojis.I am amazed it has taken so long."

China holds world record 1.36m licenses for development

China robots: among the 1.36m patents filed up till 2017

China remains the world pioneer in licenses for development for seven back to back years, Wan Gang, leader of the China Association for Science and Technology said.

China's terrain held around 1.36 million licenses for innovation before the finish of 2017, which means by and large 9.8 licenses for development for every 10,000 individuals, as per the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO).

"We have to venture up insurance of protected innovation rights (IPR) in an offer to advance development and enhance the business condition," said Shen Changyu, executive of the SIPO.

China has a national framework for securing IPR.

"China's contribution on innovative work rose to the second most astounding on the planet in 2017," said Wan, including that the quantity of full-time innovative work staff in China now positions the most astounding on the planet.

Snapchat Was Only Supposed To Be For Rich People - Snapchat CEO

Some interesting new information has come to light In an ongoing lawsuit between Snapchat and an employee who believes

he was wrongfully terminated.

The employee is Anthony Pompliano who was recruited from Facebook to assist the company in growing.

One of his initial concerns was that the

app wasn’t doing too well in overseas countries. When presented with the concern, Snapchat CEO

Evan Spiegal allegedly said that the app is only

for rich people and that he didn’t want to expand into “poor” countries like India and

Spain before storming out of a meeting.

If true, the statement sounds really naive of the CEO now that the company has gone public and has become one of the biggest social networks in the mobile world. Had the app truly only been for rich people, it wouldn’t have seen nearly as much growth and Snapchat wouldn’t have

been able to get to the

point where they could do an IPO. There’s also the matter that there’s

very little “poor” about countries like Spain, and while India may indeed be a developing market, it’s progressing faster than every other major country in the world.

Other allegations Pompliano presented were that the company

was routinely lying about usage numbers, such as 40% customer retention and 87% application turnover, figures which Pompliano

allege were greatly exaggerated, and something that could

cause an issue with advertisers down the

line.

There’s also a note about a shady attempt

to learn about Facebook’s organizational structure despite Pompliano having a known confidentiality

agreement in place, as

well as accusations of Snapchat hindering his ability to find new work by blacklisting him, a practice where former employers wrongly provide bad feedback about an individual to companies looking into

hiring them.

For Snapchat’s end, they contend that Pompliano’s claims about his knowledge of

their “current” user metrics are merely made up. Which Snapchat has fought to keep redacted but recently relaxed their stance in light of their recent IPO.

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