Sometimes it can be difficult to understand what someone means in a message. And when you throw emoji into the mix, things get even more complicated. A "😃" or " ️" are easy to understand, but how are ...

What's more telling than the emojis we use? From the first three non-face emojis describing your upcoming week (book, heart, notebook), to your first three face emojis describing your personality (cry ...

If you’re someone who has ever overanalyzed a text from a crush—which, hello, is literally all of us all the time—chances are you’ve found yourself wondering what the color of the heart emoji they ...

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In the arenas of ancient Rome, the thumbs-up was a matter of life and death. So scholars have extrapolated from the elusive history of ancient gestures. The fates of defeated gladiators were ...

Already, when you use Gboard to add media like an animated GIF or a sticker to a message, the UI responds to you scrolling ...

On World Emoji Day, it's worth considering that emoji are capable of depicting more than we think. My title is Senior Features Writer, which is a license to write about absolutely anything if I can ...

Green tea's enduring popularity is reflected in the "teacup without handle" emoji (left). The "hot beverage" emoji (right) takes its cue from another tea tradition: black tea. Illustration by Meilan ...

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Cue up your pictographs and send your sentiments my babies, World Emoji Day is upon us. From hieroglyphs and rune stones to stop signs and the fraught eggplant, human beings have long used icons as ...