- July 15, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Earlier this year, it resurfaced for one day as an animated sticker in Microsoft Teams before the company shut that down. Now, ahead of World Emoji Day on Saturday, Microsoft (MSFT) is announcing plans to replace its standard paperclip emoji with an image of big-eyed, happy helper Clippy. The move is part of a broader refresh of 1,800 emojis across all Microsoft apps and services, which will roll out later this year.
“When we looked at redesigning the paper clip, we thought, ‘How could you not?” Claire Anderson, Microsoft’s art director known internally as its emoji-ologist, told CNN Business. “It’s a way of honoring where we’ve come from as we also look at a new tech style. .. But like most nostalgic things, we know Clippy can be polarizing.”
Microsoft teased the return of Clippy in a tweet Wednesday. The company promised — or “threatened,” as some tech publications put it — that if it received 20,000 Likes, it would replace the paperclip emoji in…
