CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

Drumroll please: The most popular brand-new emoji of 2025, based on the Unicode 16.0 list, is ... Face with Bags Under the ...

Have you ever found yourself scrolling through the emoji keyboard, frustrated that you can't find the perfect little icon to express your exact sentiment? Well, Apple has a solution for you with its ...

It’s true iOS isn’t as customizable as Android, but the gap is much narrower than it used to be. These days, your can personalize your iPhone’s Lock Screen, change your app icons to anything you like, ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

Not everyone is a fan of the generic iOS message reactions, called Tapbacks. The six original Tapbacks were a heart, thumbs up or down, a "Haha," exclamation points or a question mark. Some people ...

My texting philosophy when it comes to communicating with my BFFs? If I'm not being as extra as possible, then what's the point? Thanks to TikTok user Imani Futrell, aka @futrelli, I now have one more ...

Another day and we have another awesome iPhone 13 trick that might change the way you text. Now admittedly, the iPhone trick below isn't something that will make you more productive, but it is ...

Apple's iOS 18.4 update adds a new selection of emoji, enhancing expressive options for iPhone users with images that include a weary-looking face, a shovel and the flag of Sark. The software update, ...

You’ll soon have more passive-aggressive ways to respond to your boss beyond a thumbs-up with the release of these new emoji. Apple revealed 31 new emoji designs on iOS along with the first iOS 16.4 ...

After several months of testing, Google Messages users on Android are now able to see emoji that iPhone users send. In a blog post on Thursday morning, Google revealed that the feature to translate ...