The smiley face, heart, praying hands and other “emoji” have become the way millions playfully punctuate their texts, Internet posts and messages. But for one middle schooler, the icons brought the ...

Emojis are part of our day-to-day conversations, though sometimes they can get lost in translation. There are often misunderstandings through emojis when communicating between generations, but there ...

On March 31, Apple added eight new emoji to all iPhones when the company released iOS 18.4. Some of the new emoji include a face with bags under its eyes and a splatter, but what do these new emoji -- ...

In April 2015, Instagram reported that 40 percent of all messages contained an emoji. New emojis are constantly being added. With the rapid expansion and surge of emoji use, how do we know what emojis ...

But then something changed. A younger generation came in and everything we thought we knew about emojis shifted. Teens and young adults are using emojis in weird ways — and reacting to our emoji use ...

The first text message, a "Merry Christmas" greeting, was sent by British software programmer Neil Papworth in 1992. A year later, Nokia launched the Nokia 2110 — the first phone with the ability to ...

Last night my 21-year-old daughter, who goes to college in another state, texted me a skull 💀 emoji followed by a crying emoji 😭. It was a strange response to a photo I sent earlier that day. (For ...