Emoji may not have replaced text just yet, but they are getting closer: the pictorial icons have revolutionized digital communication since becoming a fixture of the iOS keyboard in 2011, and adopted ...

Visits from “Aunt Flow” during “that time of month” are officially over — along with all the other euphemisms that people use to secretly talk about their menstrual cycle. The long-awaited period ...

Scooch over Aubergine, there’s a new emoji about to drop on keyboards this spring: the period emoji. At long last Unicode, the bods-that-be who make the decisions about emojis, have confirmed the ...

With an estimated 90 per cent of the world's internet users using them every day, emoji are becoming more and more important in how we communicate online. Now, an expert in language and communication ...

IN THEORY, inserting one of those cute cartoonlike drawings known as emojis into your smartphone messages should be simple. Simplicity, after all, is part of the appeal of expressing yourself using ...

Emoji are now so popular that they're the fastest growing language in the UK. Eight out of ten people use the little symbols and icons to communicate. Everyone with a smartphone is borderline obsessed ...

On Thursday, the Unicode Consortium approved a breastfeeding emoji, along with 55 other new emojis. The breastfeeding emoji has garnered particular excitement, not only because it will allow women to ...

Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and robots. She is the author of the books Live or Die: Survival Hacks, Wizarding World: Movie Magic Amazing Artifacts, The Star ...

Mosquitoes have arrived on our emoji keyboards as a part of the iOS 12.1 update. The Unicode Consortium approved the design earlier this year. The mosquito emoji was released alongside other emoji ...