Mastering iOS
How to change your emoji's skin tone on iPhone or iPad
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You can change your face and hand emoji to display the skin tone you prefer instead of using the skin color of the characters on The Simpsons! Here's how you do it!
Diversity
knowledge is power
Help App Camp correct the gender imbalance in tech
App Camp, a camp that empowers middle school-aged girls and transgender & gender non-conforming youth to pursue careers in tech, is looking to expand to three new cities. You can help out by donating!
Eye on diversity
Apple's Denise Young Smith takes on role of VP of Inclusion and Diversity
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Apple's Denise Young Smith, previously VP of human resources, has taken on a new role in the company as VP of Inclusion and Diversity.
Emojification for everyone
Apple previews gender-diverse emoji coming in iOS 10
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Come iOS 10, you'll be able to get your hands on more than 100 new and updated emoji. With more gender options and some nifty new objects, Apple's updated emoji better reflect your real life.
Diversity Now!
Apple releases 2015 diversity report
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Apple has released its diversity report for 2015, noting progress its made in more diverse hiring over the course of 2015. In particular, Apple hired 11,000 women, an increase of 65% over 2015.
The big picture
Apple HR chief talks opens up about importance of diversity
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Denise Young Smith, Apple's VP of Worldwide Human Resources, spoke at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference about the company's progress towards a more diverse workforce, and the importance of making changes.
The Network
Why I'm optimistic about gender equality in tech
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"But most women aren't really interested in programming." When someone says that, I can relate. That's exactly how I felt about girls playing sports when I was 15. Title IX, the landmark 1972 U.S. civil rights law that mandated equal funding for both genders in educational programs — including athletics — was a hot topic during my high school years. At the time, the major sports for...
Diversity
Tim Cook, Jesse Jackson had met to discuss inclusion
Tim Cook had met privately with civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson for an hour to discuss diversity and inclusion on Monday. The meeting occurred in the Bay Area while Jackson was in town for a workshop hosted by the Rainbow PUSH coalition at Intel's Santa Clara headquarters to discuss how technology companies could close the racial gap. According to a report on USA Today,...
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Proposed emoji changes could bring racial diversity
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A new proposal drafted by the Unicode Consortium would introduce more racial diversity into the popular emoji characters used in messages on smartphones. The proposal, edited by Google's Mark Davis and Apple's Peter Edberg, would bring skin tones, based on the Fitzpatrick scale for dermatology, to emoji characters in five hues ranging from a pale creme to a dark brown. To use the...
Scholarships for Diversity
Apple announces new scholarships in diversity push
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Citing that diversity would help Apple build better products, the Cupertino, California iPhone-maker announced that it will be awarding two $10,000 scholarships to minority students pursuing a technology education in universities. In addition to the financial award, the recipients would also be considered for Apple's internship program. The Product Integrity Inclusion and Diversity...