

Market researchers, meanwhile, are interested in gaining consumer insights at speed, leading to the obvious question: do emoticons have a place in research? The answer is No… and Yes.

Brands and consumers alike need to say more with less in less time.

It’s no mystery why we’re all using emoticons: in a world run by mobile, on mobile, and for mobile, screen space is limited. Use of emoticons by marketers increased by 777% in 2015 compared to 2014. The 2015 Emoticon Report (yes, there is such a thing) found that 92% of online consumers use emoticons in some capacity. Now, in addition to my traditional suite of smiling, laughing, and crying emoticons, I have a facepalm emoticon that actually facepalms, a pizza emoticon with slices that disappear as quickly as they disappear from our kitchen areas, and an emo hair flip emoticon so cool it could have been cast in Inside Out.Įmoticons are everywhere – and they’re here to stay. I like many of the features that came with our new tech, but my favorite, by far, is the collection of new (and animated!) emoticons at my disposal. Alternatively, you can click emoticon button and click to send specific emoticon image.LRW just got Skype for Business as part of a broader technology upgrade. For example: for facepalm emoticon type (facepalm) in the chat window and press the Enter key – the Faceplam emoticon should appear to your chatting friend. For sending emoticon during chat session, use text for specific emoticon.

Once you have installed new version, start chat with any Skype friend. If you do have version 5.5 installed, open website and goto Get Skype > Windows to download latest Skype on your Windows PC.Ģ. To check version of Skype on your computer, open Skype software and goto Help > About. First make sure Skype software on your computer is updated to version 5.5 or above. This include emoticons for: facepalm, working from home, fingers crossed, tumbleweed, lala not listening, waiting and hifi.īesides these, two new ‘not so safe’ emoticons have been added – work hard to find those hidden emoticons. Total of 7 new emoticon images are available in new Skype program. List of new emoticons added to Skype program Here is preview of emoticons in latest Skype program. These new emoticons are only available in latest version of Skype software. They for sure can bring more fun while you chat with friends and family on Skype. As expected, new Emoticons are crazily animated and funny. Bored of usual emoticon images in Skype program? Well, Skype has beefed up with brand new animated emoticon images.
