Emoji and emoticons are often confused for being the same thing. Here’s a newsflash for you: They’re not. Even though emoticons predate emoji by almost 20 years, it’s easy to see why people mix them ...

Emoji — the pictogram prodigy of text-based emoticons — can be found everywhere. In less than two decades, the ideograms of modern times have become internet shorthand for emotion: They encapsulate ...

Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. We’re all used to typing emoji on our smartphones and tablets, ...

Do you know the difference between an emoticon and an emoji? Emoticons are text based “emotion icons” that usually represent a facial expression. You know ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As institutions increasingly make use of clinical texting applications, emoji and emoticons have become a common ...

It's rare for Microsoft products to invoke a pleasant sense of nostalgia, but MSN Messenger is a piece of software that does. The instant messaging software has been long dead, with Microsoft pulling ...

Apple is targeting a feature request from Japanese users in iOS 4 with new support for several dozen "official" Emoji emoticons accessible from the Japanese Romaji keyboard. After activating the ...

You’ve heard about the words of the year—Oxford’s vape, Merriam-Webster’s culture, and Dictionary.com’s exposure, to name a few. And perhaps you’re even eagerly awaiting the American Dialect Society’s ...

Emoji might be a defining piece of Internet- and mobile-speak, but the icons offer little to those who aren’t white, in heterosexual relationships, or own a brown and white dog. Frustrated users have ...

Emojis are a way to make your emails more expressive. Here's how to add them in Outlook on desktop and mobile.