Microsoft's iconic but polarizing virtual assistant first appeared in Windows 97 as a small paper clip to help Microsoft Office users. It was given the boot by Office 2007.as an animated sticker in Microsoft Teams before the company Earlier this year, it resurfaced for one dayas an animated sticker in Microsoft Teams before the company shut that downMicrosoft MSFT replace its standard paperclip emoji with an image of big-eyed, happy helper Clippy. Now, ahead of World Emoji Day on Saturday,is announcing plans toreplace its standard paperclip emoji with an image of big-eyed, happy helper Clippy. Microsoft is replacing its previous paper clip emoji with Clippyin a Microsoft teased the return of Clippyin 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 Microsoft 365 with Clippy.

Source: CNN July 15, 2021 14:37 UTC