The pleasure, and power, of emoji arises from the ambiguity inherent in picto-ideographic writing. That power continues with today’s higher-resolution versions.

What it communicates, above all, is the hopeless unhipness of its sender. I use it anyway, mostly out of habit but also ...

A new study has shown that when it comes to developing closeness in your relationships, the emoji you send in your texts are ...

If you love to use emojis, you’re going to heart this news. Researchers from Indiana University say those who use a lot of emojis tend to have higher emotional intelligence, which is the ability ...

Emojis have a special power to acquire meaning in real time, as some have theorized. “Unlike words, we know exactly when each individual emoji came into existence and are pre-warned of new ones ...