What's more telling than the emojis we use? From the first three non-face emojis describing your upcoming week (book, heart, notebook), to your first three face emojis describing your personality (cry ...

In April, iOS users finally got their hands on the new emoji icons introduced in the Unicode 16 update; we can expect to see ...

Sometimes it can be difficult to understand what someone means in a message. And when you throw emoji into the mix, things get even more complicated. A "😃" or " ️" are easy to understand, but how are ...

If you’re someone who has ever overanalyzed a text from a crush—which, hello, is literally all of us all the time—chances are you’ve found yourself wondering what the color of the heart emoji they ...

We live in a world of text speak where emoji meanings are as much part of our vernacular as word meanings. Every thought, feeling or emotion you could imagine can probably be conveyed through emojis ...

In the arenas of ancient Rome, the thumbs-up was a matter of life and death. So scholars have extrapolated from the elusive history of ancient gestures. The fates of defeated gladiators were ...

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Apple has introduced more than 70 new emoji that are on deck for release, opening up a new world of communicative possibilities for your texts and social media posts. It won't be long before these ...

On World Emoji Day, it's worth considering that emoji are capable of depicting more than we think. My title is Senior Features Writer, which is a license to write about absolutely anything if I can ...

A whole bunch of new emoji were released on Tuesday in iOS 12.1 — 158, to be precise. But there's one new smiley emoji in particular that people just can't figure out. The new emoji's expression is a ...

Green tea's enduring popularity is reflected in the "teacup without handle" emoji (left). The "hot beverage" emoji (right) takes its cue from another tea tradition: black tea. Illustration by Meilan ...

Cue up your pictographs and send your sentiments my babies, World Emoji Day is upon us. From hieroglyphs and rune stones to stop signs and the fraught eggplant, human beings have long used icons as ...