You may not know it by reading the caustic remarks they post under videos, but YouTube commenters are a happy bunch—at least according to their emoji usage. According to data shared by YouTube, on the ...

Swiftkey, the British company behind some of the most smartphone keyboards, has released their One Billion Emoji report, which analyzed over one billion pieces of emoji data to learn how smartphone ...

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 ...

It's not - unaccountably - an official holiday, but at least it's a good excuse to litter your texts, emails, WhatsApps and documents with them. And Apple has just announced a series of new emoji ...

Only…it’s not, if you’re throwing around the perennially popular pictograms using anything besides iOS. I’ll explain, because I can already tell you’re ...

July 17 is officially World Emoji Day - but which symbol would you send to celebrate it? You can search on your phone or, if you're stuck for ideas, type in your intention into the emojipedia. That's ...

To mark World Emoji Day 2018, Apple has unveiled more than 70 new emoji characters set to appear in an update to operating software on its devices, including the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. The ...

Google has officially launched its newest lineup of Pixel devices – the Google Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, and Pixel Watch. In addition to the hardware, Google has announced improvements to its Assistant's ...

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