July 17 is Emoji day - chosen because that is the date shown on most calendar emojis. The first emoji were invented by Japanese designer Shigetaka Kurita in 1999, and have since become so popular that ...

From the proposals to the design, a bevy of rules govern emojis. To submit a proposal to Unicode, you must follow a strict format, in writing, that includes your emoji's expected usage level ...

The new emoji will arrive with Android O, Google’s latest operating system, which is currently in beta testing. The redesign, as noted by Emojipedia, will be fully compatible with Emoji 5.0.

Now the consortium has given developers the first Emoji 11 beta, which contains 130 draft emojis, including a female superhero, a lobster and a party face. There's no trace of the sad poo and that ...

Researchers studied the emoji interactions of more than 1,200 people and found happy emojis were often used to mask negative emotions to make a message seem more positive.

The fourth annual World Emoji Day (yes, it's a thing) is Monday, celebrating the explosion in use of the little characters that have changed the way people around the world communicate.

There's a standard Unicode set of emoji written out, and every handset maker draws their own emoji that corresponds to the character. To use Apple's set, WhatsApp may have had to pay a licensing fee.