A small digital image can be worth a thousand words. Loudly Crying Face. Rolling on the Floor Laughing. Smiling Face with Heart Eyes. Fire. Hand Clap. If you’ve spent any amount of time texting your ...

Today in big-picture problems: We may be getting a new footwear emoji, because, apparently, the ones we have are sexist. The Emoji Unicode Consortium’s Emoji Subcommittee will vote on a proposed ...

Florie Hutchinson thought so. So she set to work creating a new one. That’s not just a cultural challenge, but a logistical one. A new word can be coined by anyone; for an emoji to be added to the ...

It’s that time of year again, folks. The time of year when the Unicode Consortium — the governing body of all things emoji — makes its final decisions and releases the list of the new emoji coming out ...

When you type “shoe” into your smartphone, a red stiletto is typically the first suggested emoji that pops up. And all the other women’s shoe emoji options, apart from one possibly unisex sneaker, ...

If you've ever been confused by the meaning of an emoji, you're not alone. Emojis have become a crucial part of every day communication, but their meanings can sometimes be misinterpreted - like the ...