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Google’s Gboard introduces Emoji Kitchen, a tool to mash up emojis to use as stickers

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If you’ve ever felt like there just weren’t enough emoji options to express how you’re feeling, a new addition to Google’s Gboard keyboard, launching today, aims to help. Gboard for Android is introducing a feature called “Emoji Kitchen” that allows users to mash up different emoji then use them as stickers when messaging.

Google’s Gboard introduces Emoji Kitchen, a tool to mash up emojis to use as stickers

The stickers will work across apps, including Gmail, Messages by Google, Messenger, Snapchat, Telegram, WhatsApp and others.

For example, you could add glasses to the various smiley emoji, add a cowboy hat to a ghost, have a robot cry tears, put a monkey face on a cactus (idk either), make the happy poop emoji express love with a heart and so on.

To be clear, you can’t just mash up any of the thousands of emoji with any other one — it only works with those Google supports, which are mainly variations on the smileys. That’s because the emoji aren’t being mashed up in real time through some sort of AI system. Instead, Google designers have created this set of mashups for Gboard, specifically.

To use the option, you first tap on any smiley emoji and Emoji Kitchen will show which mashups are available to you.

Google’s Gboard has long been an experimental app for trying out new ideas in self-expression, including with launches like its own set of personalized emoji, called Emoji Minis, as well as with features like doodling, Morse code input, emoji suggestions and GIFs, and others in years past.

The app has been well-received by Android users, as a result — despite being years old, it’s still in a top 50 app in the Tools category and has more than a billion downloads worldwide to date. It’s also now the default keyboard on some Android devices, like Google’s Pixel smartphones.

However, Google’s larger goal with Gboard is to make it compelling enough for users to keep it installed, giving the company a way to bring Google’s properties, like Search, directly to the end-user. That’s more important than ever at a time when mobile search has become bigger than desktop. Unfortunately for Google, mobile search has been much more expensive, as the company now relies on deals with mobile device makers, like Apple, to make its search engine the default.

Gboard gives Google another way to hedge its bets — by skipping the need to use a browser app to get to Google. Users can just use their keyboard instead.

Google says Emoji Kitchen rolls out today to Android users.

Article Original Source : https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/12/googles-gboard-introduces-emoji-kitchen-a...

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Flipkart Launches Falkon Aerbook Thin-and-Light Laptop Under MarQ Label, Price Starts at Rs. 39,990

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Flipkart is now adding laptops under its MarQ label, and this is its first attempt

HIGHLIGHTS

• The Falkon Aerbook is Flipkart’s first laptop under the MarQ label

• It’s powered by an 8th generation Intel processor

• Falkon Aerbook price starts at Rs. 39,990

On the sidelines of the CES 2020, Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has made an announcement that it will be adding laptops too, under its ‘MarQ by Flipkart' label. Its first laptop is called the Falkon Aerbook, which is designed to be thin and light and is powered by Intel's 8th generation CPUs. The laptop will be exclusively available through Flipkart for a starting price of Rs. 39,990, from January 17.

The Falkon Aerbook is a thin and light laptop, measuring 16.5mm in thickness and weighs around 1.26kg. It boasts of a 13.3-inch, full-HD IPS display and is powered by Intel's 8th generation Core-i5 CPU. It also has 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD. Flipkart also says that the laptop has a dedicated SSD slot for expanding the storage (up to 1TB). The trackpad also supports multi-touch gestures. The Falkon Aerbook also has a 37Whr battery, which promises up to a 5-hour battery life. Flipkart also says it will offer door-step warranty with support for more than 10,000 pin code coverage.

Flipkart states that it's introducing the Falkon Aerbook after analysing millions of customer reviews on its platform and studying the market, where it has noticed a demand for affordable, sleek form-factor laptops. It also collaborated with Intel and Microsoft to be able to get such a laptop, at this price. According to Flipkart, the thin-and-light laptop segment is expected to grow from 18 percent to 65 percent in the next two years.

Commenting on the launch, Adarsh Menon, Senior Vice President —Private Brands, Electronics and Furniture, Flipkart, said, “Our private brand portfolio aims at creating and designing products that help customers full-fill aspirations without having to worry about budget constraints.”

“The ‘Falkon Aerbook' provides best-in-class features, creates a strong value proposition for our customers, and brings on-the-go computing within everyone's reach. With the help of Intel and Microsoft's expertise, we have developed a laptop that offers superior performance, designed to meet the needs of Indian consumers,” he added.

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