The evolution from the smiley face to emojis took a detour in the 1980s with emoticons, melding “emotion” and “icon” (a word similar to “emoji” conceptually but not etymologically). All emoticons are ...

On World Emoji Day, celebrated on July 17, we celebrate emojis in all their quirky, colorful glory. Love them or judge them, emojis have become a full-fledged language of their own. We use them to ...

So, in 2011, Apple included an emoji keyboard in its iOS 5 update, causing emoji to burst onto the international scene. Quickly, the tiny images replaced emoticons as smartphone users’ preferred ...

The first emoticon — the text smiley — sprang into existence 40 years ago on Sept. 19, 1982, and emojis have been part of online life ever since.

The First Graphical Emoticons: 42 Smileys. DALLAS, Texas (July 5, 2022) — In celebration of World Emoji Day, Heritage Auctions will present an event sure to put smiles on faces. The Smiley ...

There’s a brand behind the fluorescent smiley face that dominated the 90s rave scene, prudently named The Smiley Company. Now, after decades of running it as a licensing and merchandising ...

They use emoji. It’s true: older people are the only ones now who use emoji in any great numbers. And the older you are, the more of them you use.

Signing off an email to a colleague with a chirpy grin might be more contentious than you think. Including smiley faces or similarly perky emojis may undermine information sharing and imply ...

Tim Hortons has unveiled a downloadable keyboard that includes its trademark beverage, along with 11 other Canuck-centric, conversation-starters including a tuque and Muskoka chair ...

The Surrey-based company behind the 'emoji passcode' (pictured) claims it's more secure than numerical passwords because there are 480 times more variations using emojis.