You are about to send a text message. Should you express an emotion with words or an emoji? According to Aristotle, we have nine basic emotions: anger, friendship, fear, shame, kindness, pity, ...

A smiley face isn't always simply a smiley face. Emoji are set to get more complicated, with Apple (AAPL) this week releasing a dozen new emoji that will appear on its devices later this year -- ...

Another World Emoji Day has just rolled around and as usual, Apple has previewed some of the new emoji it has scheduled to go live later in the year. The Cupertino giant designs classy, appealing ...

It has been scientifically proven that the more you smile the more people like you, but it turns out this this pattern might not necessarily translate all that well in the language of emoji.

Archaeologists have discovered what is believed to be the world’s oldest smiley face emoji. It was unearthed when scientists were investigating a site in Turkey which dated back to 2,000 BC. They ...

Baffled by an upside-down smiley face? Join the club! The “woman tipping hand” emoji was among the most confounding for people across the country, according to a study conducted last month which also ...