Unicode is the industry standard that regulates encoding and representation of text across computers, with support for various languages, writing systems, and special symbols. From the blog post: This ...

Emoji can be hard to find from the iOS system keyboard. Although they have official names ... There is a search field at the top of the the list and grid views for searching for emoji by their ...

You'd think that with thousands of official emoji on our devices, I'd be able to find one for any mood or expression. And yet ...

In the early days of online chatting people used different characters on the keyboard as a shortcut to convey an emotion. The happy face :) to convey happiness or joy. The frowny face :( to convey ...

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 in November ...

Adding an emoji to a text can make all the difference ... to expand as a new update is likely to launch 8 more emojis. The Unicode Standard is responsible for creating new emojis.

Those who are desperate for a specific new emoji of their own have the option of sponsoring one from Unicode. "Gold sponsor" companies such as the fast food chain Red Lobster and Ford have already ...