The smiley has held a rare dual position as a countercultural icon and a paragon of American consumerism. The Smiley Company, which brought in $419.9 million in 2017, claims that the smiley is ...

credit Photo: Gene J. Puskar/AP With three simple keystrokes, Scott Fahlman brought a smile to the internet. In a 1982 message board post, Fahlman, a computer scientist at Carnegie-Mellon ...

Walmart is bringing back its famous Smiley face icon after a 10-year hiatus and lengthy legal battle. "We felt like it was time to bring back an old friend, and one of the most-recognized symbols ...

The emoticon, punctuation to depict a facial expression, began 30 years ago this week. Using three keystrokes, the colon, dash and parenthesis, to suggest a smile may not be a great scientific ...

The first emoticon — the text smiley — sprang into existence 40 years ago on Sept. 19, 1982, and emojis have been part of online life ever since.