▁us ern ames ▁had ▁been ▁reserved . ▁The ▁app ▁was ▁launched ▁on ▁ 2 9 ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁After ▁press ▁coverage ▁the ▁developers ▁began ▁receiving ▁offers ▁for ▁vent ure ▁capital . ▁ ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁cost ▁and ▁effort ▁of ▁maintain ing ▁the ▁application , ▁the ▁developers ▁closed ▁the ▁app ▁on ▁ 3 0 ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁ ▁Development ▁ ▁The ▁back ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁app ▁was ▁c oded ▁by ▁Tom ▁Scott ▁in ▁PHP ▁and ▁MySQL ▁and ▁the ▁front ▁end ▁was ▁designed ▁and ▁program med ▁by ▁Matt ▁Gray ▁in ▁HTML , ▁CSS ▁and ▁JavaScript . ▁The ▁pair ▁remarked ▁that ▁they ▁ran ▁into ▁problems ▁as ▁not ▁all ▁web ▁browsers ▁supported ▁em o ji , ▁and ▁mobile ▁operating ▁system ▁support ▁for ▁them ▁varied . ▁All ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁app ▁was ▁done ▁in ▁their ▁spare ▁time ▁and ▁took ▁a ▁little ▁over ▁a ▁month . ▁An ▁Android ▁version ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁ 3 0 ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁The ▁end ▁of ▁Em oj li ▁ ▁Category : IOS ▁software ▁Category : Comput er - related ▁introdu ctions ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁Category : E mo ji ▁Category : Def unct ▁social ▁networking ▁services <0x0A> </s> ▁T ors ak ▁P ong sup a ▁( ; ▁born ▁ 2 3 ▁November ▁ 1 9 6 8 ), ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁T ors ak ▁S as ip rap a ▁( ), ▁is ▁a ▁retired ▁Th ai ▁professional ▁box er ▁who ▁winner ▁of