Pity the poor smiley face. It once was the go-to symbol to convey e-emotion. Cyberspace was its oyster. It reigned supreme. But today's mobile app era has become something of an emoji-eat-emoji world.

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In Slack’s emoji menu, there are two versions of basic smiley faces. As shown above, there is :slightly_smiling_face: and :simple_smile:. At first glance, it might appear that the first offers a ...

The ubiquitous emoji means happy, good job or any number of other positive sentiments to most people over about age 30. But for many teens and 20-somethings, a smiley face popping up in a text or ...

Nothing is immune to the impacts of COVID-19. Not even your emoji keyboard. Apple recently released a first look at the emojis in the next version of Apple iOS, which is always oddly exciting tech ...