Why people use emoji when texting
We’re much more likely to be hanging out on social media than at the watercooler these days. But just because we’re no longer face-to-face when we chat, doesn’t mean our communication is completely disembodied.
Over the last three decades, psychologists...
You’ve been using emoji the wrong way
Are you sending friends hugging hands instead of a double high five? Or has the Japanese ogre Namahage crept into your messages instead?
Nerd face, unicorn, sign of the horns, and emoji skin tone added to Unicode
Unicode 8.0 has been finalised, adding a number of new characters to the standard.
iPhone emojis gets racially diverse
Lovers of emoji, the cute graphics that punctuate online writing and texts, will soon be able to pick from different skin tones