In 2012 with the rollout of its iOS 6, Apple caught up with the times and included two new emoji representing same-sex couples of both genders holding hands. However, these emoji left much to be ...

This week at the Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple announced a number of fanciful updates to its iMessage platform, including the ability to write hand-scribbled notes, something called ‘invisible ...

Android has an emoji problem. No, it's not those weird blobs (RIP), but something that's been nearly as tricky to fix. Because of Android handset makers' inconsistent updates, not only do many Android ...

This year, Oxford Dictionaries got creative with its Word of the Year. Instead of picking an actual word, it chose a familiar little yellow face. Upturned mouth, tears of joy streaming down its cheeks ...

Emoji can bring joy and laughter into the most mundane texts, and can even seduce a lover, but can they be used to change hearts and minds? Some groups seem to think that banning a particular emoji ...

Want to use that new selfie emoji? How about the facepalm or avocado? If you're on Android, or texting someone who is, there's a good chance those new characters aren't working. That's because Google, ...

You have to give the Unicode’s Emoji Subcommittee some credit. As emoji has risen in popularity to become the primary way we express ourselves over text, the Unicode Consortium is burdened with the ...

Long-awaited racially diverse emoji characters could soon become a reality. In a draft proposal of an update to the characters, the Unicode Consortium has laid out a possible method for making ...

Last year, the Unicode Consortium–which decides upon and standardizes emoji–added more skin tones to its catalog. Today, Unicode took another step towards making emoji more diverse: emoji are finally ...

The increase in the use of emoji in daily life is reportedly causing issues for the United States legal system, with courts slowly coming to terms with the how to interpret the iconography in evidence ...