When Google decided to kill off its half-loved, half-despised yellow blob emoji, there were simultaneous cries of defeat intermingled with cheers of victory. If you fall into the camp of the ...

No, the new yellow-faced human emoji aren't racist. Here's why. By Jillian D'Onfro. 2015-02-24T19:55:00Z Share. Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link. An icon in the shape of ...

A lot of questions have popped up in light of the new iOS 8.3 update, many of which have to do with emoji. On top of wondering why there's still no taco emoji, though, many of us have found ...

Heath Racela identifies as three-quarters white and one-quarter Filipino. When texting, he chooses a yellow emoji instead of a skin tone option, because he feels it doesn't represent any specific ...

And that's because, depending on your race, they could denote white privilege, especially if you use the yellow thumbs-up emoji. That means if you're white, ...

The common, pre-2016 design for this emoji, a revolver, offered a reasonable take on the matter. That’s because the six-shooter is a good approximation for a generic abstraction of a handgun.

Origins of the Holy Moly emoji. The Holy Moly emoticon first appeared on Smiley Central in 2003. The gif shows a wide-eyed and open-mouthed yellow emoji with a speech bubble over its head ...

For years, emoji have been transforming from a sophisticated, powerful visual language capable of diverse expression into just a format for sending pictures that conform to the emoji visual style ...