If you unlocked the emoticon keyboard on your iOS device, then bookmark this page. As noted in the guide that detailed how to activate the hidden keyboard on your iOS device, it’s not easy to figure ...

From :) to ¯\(°_o)/¯, there are now thousands of emoticons, and as Chris Baraniuk discovers, some can even sway our behaviour. It all started with an awkward moment online. In the early 1980s, ...

A few weeks ago, after I said goodbye to a friend who was moving across the country, I texted her an emoji of a crying face. She replied with an image of chick with its arms outstretched. This ...

The emoticons used on Twitter are a language in themselves and are taking on new and often surprising meanings of their own, according to new research. Alex Davies, a Gates scholar at the University ...

With communication moving at the speed of light, it makes sense that you'd want to take the quickest path possible to inform your employees of your emotions. Doing this via text message requires just ...

Pro tip: Keep the smiley faces out of your work emails, or else the person receiving the message may think you’re incompetent. That’s according to a study published in “Social Psychological and ...

When we first broached the Great Smiley Debate a few weeks ago, the question was whether or not a dash-as-nose was appropriate, necessary, or a bastardization of the simple purity of two dots paired ...

In many social situations, smiling can smooth interactions. People who smile are seen as more attractive, honest, and warm. 1 Smilers are also seen as more competent, suggesting that putting on a ...