But still, those of us who ever experienced an emo phase in middle school can dream about the new black heart emoji that awaits us, not to mention how exactly we can use it. At any rate, Twitter ...

As more emoji are created, it will take more work to keep them universal. Skip to ... That the “language” is so universal and recognizable is due in large part to the Unicode Consortium, ...

Emoji — the pictogram prodigy of text-based emoticons — can be found everywhere. In less than two decades, the ideograms of modern times have become internet shorthand for emotion: They ...

All of which is to say: The 3,000-year-old tilde might want to consider rebranding itself as Invisible Man With Twirled Mustache. I t’s easy to dismiss emoji. They are, at first glance, ridiculous.