Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As institutions increasingly make use of clinical texting applications, emoji and emoticons have become a common ...

When someone texts you news of a promotion or a date with that special someone they've been eyeing, how do you respond? Many of us might go right for the reaction gif, or a quick "Congratulations!" ...

Emoji and emoticons are often confused for being the same thing. Here’s a newsflash for you: They’re not. Even though emoticons predate emoji by almost 20 years, it’s easy to see why people mix them ...

Emoji — the pictogram prodigy of text-based emoticons — can be found everywhere. In less than two decades, the ideograms of modern times have become internet shorthand for emotion: They encapsulate ...

It's rare for Microsoft products to invoke a pleasant sense of nostalgia, but MSN Messenger is a piece of software that does. The instant messaging software has been long dead, with Microsoft pulling ...

Emoti cons—such as :-)—and emoji—such as —are ubiquitous in online and mobile communications; according to one study, 74 percent of Americans use emoticons, emoji and similar images on a regular basis ...

Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. We’re all used to typing emoji on our smartphones and tablets, ...

Even the art in the Orange Room is turning digital Friday morning. Zoe Mendelson and Amy Goldwasser from Co.Design's "Emoji Major" column will be "live-emojiing" their interpretation of Friday's show, ...

There was a court case just over a year ago where a judge ruled that a series of texted emoji constituted a valid agreement to rent an apartment. A law professor has found that it was far from alone: ...

You’ve heard about the words of the year—Oxford’s vape, Merriam-Webster’s culture, and Dictionary.com’s exposure, to name a few. And perhaps you’re even eagerly awaiting the American Dialect Society’s ...

On January 15, Osiris Aristy opened up Facebook, posted a photo of a gun and wrote, "feel like katxhin a body right now." Later that night, he added, "Nigga run up on me, he gunna get blown down" and ...