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

As Jonathan Haidt, the author of The Anxious Generation (which helped inspire Morse’s landline purchase), told me, smartphones are so dominant in part because families are beset by a ...

New study shows emojis boost how caring and responsive you seem—helping friendships thrive, even through text.

Using the wrong emoji at work can shift the meaning of your message. Staying curious about tone and generational preferences ...

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

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 ...

The use of emojis in text messaging improves perceived responsiveness and thereby enhances closeness and relationship ...

From 'skibidi' to 'rizz', it's safe to say that many members of Generation Z have their own language. Now, it seems that youngsters are also changing the way they use emoji.

Rising tennis star Jodie Burrage talks about having to 'know yourself' to deal with online trolls, her sporting dreams and ...

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