Apple’s site displays ‘emoji-fied’ headshots of its executives

If you visit Apple’s executive leadership team page today, you’ll be in for a surprise. The official headshots of its exec team have been replaced by emoji-fied portraits. It’s the company’s tongue-in-cheek way to both celebrate World Emoji Day and announce the 70 new emoji it’s introducing for its platform.

Apple commemorates World Cup final with Apple.com overhaul

Ahead of the World Cup final, Apple seems to be getting into the spirit of it, too. French Apple news site, iPhoneAddict spotted a change to Apple’s homepage where a short three-second clip with floating soccer balls and the French flag are floating around. After the video is played, the regular Apple homepage reappears. The Apple’s homepage for Croatia is similar too, except without the Croatian flag. What’s floating around instead is a fire and heart emoji with soccer balls floating around. Apple has been gung-ho about promoting the World Cup this year with the tournament being featured in different apps and services.

Source: 9to5Mac

Apple pays tribute to Muhammad Ali on its website

Apple.com joins in paying tribute to the famous boxer Muhammad Ali, who passed away on Friday at the age of 74. His image, which Apple has used before for its “Think Different” campaign ad, is accompanied by the quote “The man who has no imagination has no wings.” The splash image doesn’t link to any other content on the site. The tribute was put up a couple of days late but it’s still up at the moment.

Source: Apple Insider