You are about to send a text message. Should you express an emotion with words or an emoji? According to Aristotle, we have nine basic emotions: anger, friendship, fear, shame, kindness, pity, ...

One of the best ways to commemorate World Emoji Day on Wednesday is to look at all the ways digital shorthand is impacting our communication. As Emoji continue to replace sentences and acronyms ...

In the early days of the internet, computer scientist Scott Fahlman ran into a problem on Carnegie Mellon University’s online bulletin boards. People used the bulletin boards — a kind of primitive ...

We all know that emojis or emoticons have taken over the world of internet and mobile phones. First there were words, but now emojis are being used to convey one’s thoughts to others, whether ...

From a simple thumbs up to a laughing cowboy, there is an emoji for almost any conceivable moment. But it is the humble smiley face which is the most iconic of them all. However, if you've been ...