About this episode
In celebration of World Emoji Day and Comic-Con, Jason and Myke discuss how we use emojis and why they’re a valuable addition to online dialogue, and then break down the best options for digital comic-book reading. Plus there’s a whole lot of follow-up and plenty of #askupgrade. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Pingdom : Start monitoring your websites and servers today. Use offer UPGRADE for 20% off. Textexpander, from Smile : Simply indispensable. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Stop audio pauses in iOS 10 Public Beta - Six Colors iOS 10: A place for Ethernet - Six Colors Apple's idea for music royalties could stick it to Spotify World Emoji Day / July 17 📙 Emojipedia — 😃 Home of Emoji Meanings 💁👌🎍😍 Why is the desktop icon for Apple's iCal set to July 17? - Quora Myke celebrating World Emoji Day “Number 1 Draft Pick” by The Incomparable Podcast. | Cotton Bureau Rocket—fast, Slack-style emoji everywhere on your Mac Emoji Dictionary 🤓 📖 — F.A.T.E. — Medium World Emoji Awards on Twitter: "The winner of Best New Emoji for 2016 is 🙄 Face With Rolling Eyes" The next Iron Man will be black teenager Riri Williams | The Verge Spider-Man (2016-) Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man (2014-2015) Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology Comixology on the App Store Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology Marvel Comics on the App Store DC Comics on the App Store Marvel Unlimited | Comics | Marvel.com ComiXology Unlimited Comixology Unlimited: More about discovery than binging - Six Colors Hawkeye (2012 - Present) | Comic Books | Comics | Marvel.com Ms. Marvel (2014 - 2015) | Comic Books | Comics | Marvel.com Immortal Iron Fist by Matt Fraction, Ed Brubaker & David Aja (Hardcover) | Marvel Heroes | Comic Books | Comics | Marvel.com X-Men: Worst X-Man Ever (2016) #1 | Comics | Marvel.com Vision (2015) #1 | Comics | Marvel.com Darth Vader (2015 - Present) | Comic Books | Comics | Marvel.com Astro City (2013-) Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology The Fuse Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology Morning Glories Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology Invincible Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology Amazing Spider-Man (2015-) Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology Spider-Man (2016-) Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology: Web UK Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10 Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology: Web UK The Wicked + The Divine Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology Saga Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology Love and Capes Vantage Pro2 | Davis Instruments