With simplicity comes familiarity. That’s the case with Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes, or, “Smize” (Emily Anne Goes) and ...

Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for example, smiley face, love hearts. A smaller proportion of the emoji sent are sad expressions.

In 1972, French journalist Franklin Loufrani was tasked with spearheading a feel-good campaign for the France Soir newspaper.

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From universal approval to cold or dismissive, the iconic thumbs-up emoji is losing favor with some. Can it make a comeback?

WhatsApp is finally catching up with competition as it starts surfacing users' most used emojis first in the reaction list ...

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Anniki Somerville feels like a 'dinosaur' at work so she took a course in Gen Z communication, and learnt some harsh truths ...

Emoji, the little icons and characters that you send and receive every day, fall under the jurisdiction of the Unicode Consortium. The Consortium is the organization responsible for maintaining ...

Ted Nesi ( [email protected]) is a Target 12 investigative reporter and 12 News politics/business editor. He co-hosts Newsmakers ...