Pick a screen, any screen, and chances are someone is deep in a text conversation. While phone calls are still around, ...

The pictorial shorthand of emojis is perfect for small phone screens. It has also sprawled into a lexicon rich in metaphor and humor.

On World Emoji Day, celebrated on July 17, we celebrate emojis in all their quirky, colorful glory. Love them or judge them, ...

In this random Q&A sesh, River reminds us exactly why he’s everyone's newest favorite boy next door. From his chill answers ...

The classic smiley face emoji now means something completely different to those under 30. Instead of conveying happiness, the grinning yellow face is now seen as dismissive, passive-aggressive, or ...

That means sending smiley face emoji to your younger colleagues in work emails might be making you seem passive-aggressive rather than friendly.

In the early hours of the morning, a rare 'smiley face' conjunction will line up just above the horizon.

Apple added eight new emoji to all iPhones when the company released iOS 18.4 in March, and Samsung brought those same emoji to some devices in April with the initial release of One UI 7. The new ...

A woman with a puppy in her lap and wearing a shirt with smiley face emojis on it cashed a fraudulent check in January. Now, detectives are hoping bank surveillance video will help lead to her arrest.

The evolution from the smiley face to emojis took a detour in the 1980s with emoticons, melding “emotion” and “icon” (a word similar to “emoji” conceptually but not etymologically). All emoticons are ...

Waving hand, smiley face, thumbs up. Word of Mouth's Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright have been looking at emoji - possibly the world's first truly global form of communication. Here are some ...