We all know that emojis or emoticons have taken over the world of internet and mobile phones. First there were words, but now emojis are being used to convey one’s thoughts to others, whether ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. It's not - unaccountably - an official holiday, but at least it's a good excuse to litter your texts, emails, WhatsApps and ...

July 17 is World Emoji Day. According to National Today, this annual unofficial holiday validates our obsession with these cute graphic icons. Due to emojis, communication has expanded far beyond ...

Swiftkey, the British company behind some of the most smartphone keyboards, has released their One Billion Emoji report, which analyzed over one billion pieces of emoji data to learn how smartphone ...

To mark World Emoji Day 2018, Apple has unveiled more than 70 new emoji characters set to appear in an update to operating software on its devices, including the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. The ...

The company’s Puerto Rico arm apparently bought the URL for a bunch of happy-faced emoji — “an icon that means happiness in every corner of our planet” — on the .ws domain (that’s short for Western ...

Apple updated the mask-wearing emoji in the latest iOS 14.2 beta so it shows the person is happy to be wearing a mask. It’s a change very much in sync with 2020, when health experts say masks are a ...

July 17 is officially World Emoji Day - but which symbol would you send to celebrate it? You can search on your phone or, if you're stuck for ideas, type in your intention into the emojipedia. That's ...

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