Facebook hires Pixar artist to reimagine the emoticon

0. phoneArena posted on 12 Feb 2013, 09:35

Emoticons have become a pretty standard part of communication these days. Ever since texting first started to get big, people have been using emoticons as a shortcut, because typing on mobile devices had been something of a chore. Even though text input has gotten quite a bit easier, emoticons are here to stay, but Facebook thinks it's time to reimagine emoticons, and has hired Pixar artist Matt Jones for the task...

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1. Nathan_ingx posted on 12 Feb 2013, 09:44 0 2

Love them little creatures...never gets old.

2. Nathan_ingx posted on 12 Feb 2013, 09:50 7 1

Come to think of it... PA should support emoticons too.

3. GhostBear posted on 12 Feb 2013, 13:27 2 0

Microsoft since 1981: ☺☻

4. Seymur posted on 12 Feb 2013, 16:33 0 0

I think it's not a good idea, right now Facebook has the best emoticons. New emos not going to be successful.

5. NickPeters posted on 12 Feb 2013, 17:12 0 0

Actually, Skype did a pretty good job about emoticons. I do like their animations and look. And plus, there is a big variety of them.

6. nikenturd (unregistered) posted on 12 Feb 2013, 17:54 0 0

Yaaay...finally getting me some horny emoticon!

7. soshi posted on 12 Feb 2013, 21:56 0 0

I love color, why they are racial? Racist is in people attitude. There are black, yellow or white people that make this world colorful but media make them bad

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