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Apple has added support for a Vulcan salute emoji you know the one made famous by Spock on Star Trek in iOS 8.3 however you won't find it in the emoji section of the iPhone iPad keyboard but it's not that hard to manually add it to your device you must first update your iPhone or iPad to iOS version 8.3 this can be done by going to settings clicking on general and selecting software update now you first have to find the emoji I made it easy for you and included a link to it in my article all you have to do is copy it to your iPhone or iPad then head over to the iOS settings menu click general followed by keyboards and select shortcuts then tap the plus icon at the top and paste the emoji in the phrase section this can be done with a double tap or a long press on the screen directly below that you will also want to add a shortcut I chose ll ap for a live long and prosper then all you have to do is click Save now the next time you send a text message type the shortcut you set and the Vulcan salute emoji will appear but only iOS users on version 8.3 will be able to see it sorry Android owners for more how-to like this one be sure to check out how to da cnet.com you can also reach out to me on Twitter with any questions or comments I'm dan grant for CNET live long and prosper you