In a series of experiments, researchers found that people who included a smiley face symbol, emoji or emoticon in their work emails were perceived as less competent than those who didn't.

A few weeks ago, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told supporters in Alabama that he’d seen footage of “thousands of people” in New Jersey “cheering” as the Twin Towers fell.

Today, we know them as emojis, but 40 years ago, the first emoticon was born with just a ... like 😉 as a winking face and >:-( as an angry face. Typography continued to evolve as wingdings ...