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Given how small emojis are on our phones, do you actually pay attention to the details of a particular design? It seems that over the weekend, author Thomas Baekdal posted a seemingly innocuous tweet regarding the hamburger emoji created by various companies, such as Apple and Google, and found something rather “disturbing”.

I think we need to have a discussion about how Google’s burger emoji is placing the cheese underneath the burger, while Apple puts it on top pic.twitter.com/PgXmCkY3Yc

— Thomas Baekdal (@baekdal) October 28, 2017

As you can see in the image above, Google chose to put the cheese of their hamburger at the bottom of the patty, versus Apple who chose to put it on top. In fact Google’s decision seems to be the one that stands out amongst the rest because as The Verge points out, pretty much all other companies that have made their own emojis have placed the cheese on top of the patty.

In fact this debate grew to become so great to the point where Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai decided to weigh in on the issue, where he (presumably jokingly) said that he will be dropping everything on Monday to address this “mistake”. “Will drop everything else we are doing and address on Monday:) if folks can agree on the correct way to do this!”

Will drop everything else we are doing and address on Monday:) if folks can agree on the correct way to do this! https://t.co/dXRuZnX1Ag

— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) October 29, 2017

Of course this was all made in good fun and it’s nice to sometimes see the internet not take itself so seriously, but that being said, what do you guys make of this great burger debate? Is Google’s decision to put the cheese beneath the patty a good choice, or does it really not matter at the end of the day?

Google’s CEO To ‘Prioritize’ Fixing Their Hamburger Emoji , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

With all the excitement surrounding the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and iPhone X out of the way, we suppose the next handset that many are anticipating will most likely be the Samsung Galaxy S9 which is due in 2018. This is because many are probably wondering what Samsung has up their sleeves that could trump Apple’s announcement.

The rumor mill for the Galaxy S9 has already begun, and the folks at Tech Droider have recently published several diagrams that are allegedly that of the Galaxy S9 and the S9+. We should point out that there’s no way to verify if these diagrams are the real deal, or if they’re simply fan-made images or mockups, so take it with a grain of salt for now.

However working under the assumption that it could be true, it seems that Samsung won’t be changing much in terms of design of the phone, save for the chin of the handset which appears to be much thinner than that of its predecessors, the Galaxy S8 and S8+. Apart from that it looks like there won’t be much changes made to it.

As for the rumored specs, it seems that the report is suggesting that we could be looking at facial recognition as a security feature. It also suggests that Samsung is still trying to get the under-display fingerprint scanner to work, and that if it does it could be moved to the back again. This is a bit of a hotly-debated rumored as there are some camps who believe that the front-mounted fingerprint sensor could debut in the Galaxy S9, while others don’t, but like we said given that it’s all rumors for now, do take it with a grain of salt.

Alleged Galaxy S9 Diagram Leaked, Hints At Slight Design Change , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

Right now when it comes to “reality” technology, we are looking at the likes of augmented and virtual reality. While augmented reality is meant to enhance the real world around us, virtual reality is meant to transport us into a different place and provide a more immersive experience, whether it be for gaming, movies, browsing the internet, and so on.

In fact VR seems to be cutout for gaming, but if you think that maybe we could be getting VR MMOs in the near future, not everyone seems to be too optimistic on that prospect. Speaking at the View Conference in Italy, former Blizzard executive and World of Warcraft designer Rob Pardo shared his thoughts on the idea of VR and MMOs mixing together, which unfortunately were a bit pessimistic.

According Pardo, “I think we’re a long way away from that happening.” Pardo also goes on to explain the complications and complexity needed to pull it off, such as making VR headsets light enough to be worn for hours on end, and also how it should not make the wearer sick, and also creating an input device that would work great for MMOs.

While his current opinion does seem a bit pessimistic, Pardo believes that the future will eventually come, just not anytime soon. “I just think it’s going to be a really long time until we see something as complex as an MMORPG in VR. But one day, I’m sure one day we’ll see the Holodeck – I just don’t think it’s any time soon.”

World Of Warcraft Designer Doesn’t Think VR MMOs Will Happen Soon , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

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