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Tinder's New Feature Lets You Vibe Check Your Matches

Tinder has announced a new feature -- or rather, event -- giving users a new way to scope out potential matches. Vibes, an in-app event that takes place weekly, presents users with a series of questions about anything from personality traits to pop culture preferences. Answers will be displayed on participants' profiles for 72 hours, and you'll be able to see how your matches responded.Over the course of the pandemic, Tinder has introduced several features -- from video chatting to Tinder U -- t...

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The Handshake Emoji To Receive More Diverse Skin Tone Options in 2022

Back in 2014, Apple and Google suggested to the Unicode Consortium to diversify skin tone options for emojis. Since then, more icons have been receiving inclusive updates, and now, the handshake emoji is also set to come in an array of different skin tones.According to Engadget, Unicode will allow users to customize the skin tones of both left and right hands of the character in the upcoming Emoji 14.0 update. A total of 25 combinations will be available, which has been in development since the...

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Microsoft Is Asking the Internet To Vote for Its New Default Font

Fourteen years after using Calibri as its default font, Microsoft is now looking for a new design to update its system. This time around, the tech giant is asking social media users to vote for the next font to take over its systems."We need to talk. What should our next default font be?" the company tweeted, along with samples of five original fonts created by a group of commissioned designers. Options include Tenorite (Erin McLaughlin and Wei Huang), Bierstadt (Steve Matteson), Skeena (John Hu...

info@hypebae.com (HYPEBAE) Sun, 02 May 2021 HYPEBAE
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Nintendo Now Offers Color Customization for the Switch

Nintendo has launched a color customization platform allowing gamers to pick and choose the colors of their Switch consoles.Dubbed "Nintendo Switch Customize," the bespoke program offers a range of color options for the left and right Joy-Cons, as well as Joy-Con straps. Particularly eye-catching shades include neon pink, lime green, royal purple and canary yellow. Though the company has released Switches themed after popular games including Animal Crossing and Super Mario Bros., Nintendo hasn...

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