{"id":592147,"date":"2021-07-15T13:36:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T17:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=592147"},"modified":"2021-07-15T13:36:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T17:36:44","slug":"microsoft-gives-digital-assistant-clippy-new-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/microsoft-gives-digital-assistant-clippy-new-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Gives Digital Assistant \u2018Clippy\u2019 New Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmicrosoft-gives-digital-assistant-clippy-new-life%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=592147&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-51602602.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Microsoft is bringing back \u201cClippy\u201d as an emoji.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The software giant\u2019s controversial digital assistant \u2014 which appeared on versions of Microsoft Office before 2003 \u2014 was deeply loathed by many users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/microsoft-tool-clippy-gets-pink-slip\/\"><span>CNET<\/span><\/a><span> reported in 2002:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"21\">\n<p><i><span>Microsoft is hoping to appeal to customers with a less-obtrusive, easier to use version of the suite. In Office XP, Microsoft plans to hide the Clippy character tool from view and help people in a less obtrusive manner.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cNot one person in my office, from the receptionist to the sales people to the engineers to the CEO use the blasted paper clip. Not even my wife, who is an elementary school teacher, uses it,\u201d Ketan Deshpande, senior software engineer at Manage.com, wrote in an e-mail to News.com. \u201cIn less time than it took MS to put this Web site together, they could have pulled the dumb clip out of their software.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Despite two decades of deep-seated contempt, Microsoft is granting Clippy another chance at life. The firm will replace its paperclip emoji with an image of the character.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhen we looked at redesigning the paper clip, we thought, \u2018How could you not?\u2019\u201d Microsoft art director and \u201cemojiologist\u201d Claire Anderson told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/15\/tech\/microsoft-clippy-emoji\/index.html\"><span>CNN Business<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cIt\u2019s a way of honoring where we\u2019ve come from as we also look at a new tech style\u2026 But like most nostalgic things, we know Clippy can be polarizing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/microsoft-design\/emotionality-at-work-398182387adc\"><span>announcement<\/span><\/a><span> about Microsoft\u2019s new emojis, Anderson wrote: \u201cWe had to use this opportunity to make a change that only we could truly make \u2014 so long flat, standard paperclip, and hello Clippy! Sure, we may use fewer paper clips today than we did in Clippy\u2019s heyday, but we couldn\u2019t resist the nostalgic pull.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Microsoft hinted at the decision in a Wednesday tweet: \u201cIf this gets 20k likes, we\u2019ll replace the paperclip emoji in Microsoft 365 with Clippy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.5\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If this gets 20k likes, we\u2019ll replace the paperclip emoji in Microsoft 365 with Clippy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6T8ziboguC\">pic.twitter.com\/6T8ziboguC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Microsoft (@Microsoft) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Microsoft\/status\/1415370520888061955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>As CNN reports, Microsoft is unveiling more updated emoticons:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"16\">\n<p><i><span>It\u2019s also adding five new emojis to capture the many moods and challenges of working from home: a \u201cyou\u2019re on mute\u201d emoji, an image of someone multitasking with their arms going everywhere, a \u201cbusiness on top and pajamas on bottom\u201d emoji, someone with a cat in front of the screen and a person holding a baby.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Microsoft also conducted a study that found 57% of people believe emojis in the workplace are professional and help humanize conversations. Emojis are often used as tools to lighten or intensify tones, express playfulness or enhance expression.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Since COVID-19 and the lockdown-induced recession, Microsoft\u2019s stock \u2014 currently trading at $281 per share \u2014 has been on a bull run. The company recently joined longtime competitor Apple as one of the first companies in the United States to surpass a $2 trillion market cap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is bringing back \u201cClippy\u201d as an emoji.The software giant\u2019s controversial digital assistant \u2014 which appeared on versions of Microsoft Office before 2003 \u2014 was deeply loathed by many users.As &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-592147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}