Apple caves, gives bagel a schmear
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Emojipedia had the scoop Monday.
After complaints, Apple has replaced its bagel emoji with a new design that includes cream cheese https://t.co/9lKMCf3aLa pic.twitter.com/NSiwZ4Idx7
— Emojipedia
(@Emojipedia) October 15, 2018
From Mashable’s Apple fixes the bagel emoji because New Yorkers weren’t happy:
Jeremy Burge, Chief Emoji Officer at Emojipedia, tells Mashable that Apple’s previous bagel “did a great job” conveying the “concept of a bagel” but many people “didn’t think it looked sufficiently appealing. “Especially people from New York,” he qualifies…
It’s worth noting that this bagel controversy happened before the emoji was even made available to the general public.
See also: You call that a bagel, Apple?
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