Text messages and chats online can include a combination of words, pictures and emoji to convey a message. Words and pictures ...

If you have any strong opinions about the new characters and want your voice heard, Unicode is accepting feedback on the emoji until April 2. Use this online contact form and be sure to put 498 in ...

A leafless, lifeless tree is among the most striking new emojis coming to our smartphones in the coming weeks, as part of the ...

Early in July, a Canadian farmer was ordered to pay C$82,000 (S$82,468) in damages by a court that ruled that the thumbs-up ...

It is one of several stunts planned for World Emoji Day, which celebrates the colourful symbols used in instant ... emojis currently on the official Unicode Standard list. The Unicode consortium ...

The Unicode Consortium pushes out a central ... forward as a candidate for an emoji sequence instead. Emoji sequences combine multiple symbols into one, such as a waving white flag and a rainbow ...

Anyone can submit an idea for a new emoji. The Unicode Standard -- a universal character encoding standard -- is responsible for creating new emoji. Unicode proposed nine new emoji on Nov. 6 ...