COLUMN. By fueling users' suspicions of possible censorship of content including the word 'rape,' platforms like TikTok or ...

Text messages and chats online can include a combination of words, pictures and emoji to convey a message. Words and pictures can be easily understood, but deciphering emoji might feel like decodi ...

The Oxford Dictionary has named an emoji as the official word of the year, revealing a major shift in consumer behavior towards mobile and visual communication, which is likely to incite more ...

You just need a really good 10-page paper. Emoji is actually a Japanese word that means "pictogram" or "pictograph." SoftBank, a Japanese wireless carrier, created the first known emoji set in 1997.

It turns out that the most popular word of 2014 wasn't actually a word at all. According to a new list by the Global Language Monitor, the heart emoji was the most commonly used word in the ...

A smaller proportion of the emoji sent are sad expressions. This should be heartening. In 2015, the Oxford English Dictionary announced that their Word of the Year was the emoji 'Face with Tears ...

TikTok users are going viral for using a new filter that allows them to create emojis that correlate with their names, or any other word. Despite the endless supply of emojis across different ...

Apple has released a partial update to its iPhone software which stops the Palestinian flag emoji being suggested when users type the word "Jerusalem". The issue had sparked controversy ...