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 ...

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.

There are more than 25 icons that you can choose from including fun ones like a smiley face, fire symbol, light bulb, and paw print. Here’s how to get this configured on your own iPhone or iPad ...