For the uninitiated, emoji are special characters, like a winking face, dancing girl or, yes, pile of poop. They’re approved and distributed by the Unicode Consortium, which creates guidelines needed ...

At the beginning of the 2010s when the Japanese-originating emoji keyboard first took the US by storm, I can admit now, I balked at the idea. Why did I need an extra keyboard? Why did my messages need ...

Sometimes words aren’t enough, and that’s where emojis come in. But even then, there are times you just can’t find the perfect little pictograph that encapsulates your exact mood. Even the slightly ...

The same emoji also won the award for the Most 2025 Emoji.

It’s about damn time! Facebook Messenger’s emojis are getting a huge makeover. “Messenger is bringing over 1,500 newly designed Messenger emojis to the world,” the company released in a statement. “We ...

At this point in the pandemic, my colleagues have seen my laughing, crying, and smiling emojis more than my actual face. And based on a new release of Slack emojis, the messaging platform is banking ...

There once was a time when all we could do was write "LOL" or "ROFL" to convey our enthusiasm in a text or IM. Then came the 😂and the world as we knew it forever changed. These little icons have ...

The introduction of emojis has hanged the way we communicate digitally. These colourful icons have gone from cute pictures we use while texting to images laden with meaning. The emoji options ...

Saying "I love you" can be hard. But sending a heart emoji? No problemo! On Valentine's Day, heart emoji have their work cut out for them as our emotionally burdened fingers send pictographs of love ...