Last month, the Unicode Consortium, a group that oversees the way text is coded into computer-readable language, published a new draft proposal that outlined not just the addition of 37 new emoji ...

Sure, you use the Messages app to send along SMS and iMessages all day long. You know how to use Emoji’s, too, with a tap on the international keyboard button on your iPhone. I bet you even use ...

Further to an existing Emoji Kitchen feature within Gboard, Google’s first-party keyboard now appears to be highlighting or surfacing the emoji-laden sticker packs in the predictive text bar.

The little illustrated characters that are on smartphone keyboards are taking over the world. There are shoes with emoji on them, pants with emoji on them, emoji stickers, emoji yoga, and the list ...

Four in 10 Americans believe a text feels naked without an emoji, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 Americans (aged 21+) revealed 41% of respondents believe a message needs to include an ...

Sending a "thumbs-up" emoji over text can have major legal implications after a judge in Canada ruled the simple response can represent agreeing to a legally binding contract. Justice T.J. Keene said ...

Agreeing to a contract does not require everyone sitting around a table signing documents; sending a “thumbs up” text message emoji was sufficient to agree to a contract according to a recent Canadian ...

In the days when far-flung friends and relatives wrote and mailed each other letters, they often signed off with “SWAK” — sealed with a kiss. If it was a love letter, the female writer might gift the ...