Tech Culture The Web "Face with tears of joy" is the most popular emoji in the world The world is obsessed with laughing and loving By Shawn Knight, May 13, 2022, 1:27 PM 12 comments
The Web Tech Culture Opera now supports emoji-based web addresses The next big idea, or a nothingburger? By Shawn Knight, February 14, 2022, 5:33 PM
Microsoft Clippy is back... as a Windows 11 emoji Clippy headlines the introduction of a new Windows emoji style By Daniel Sims, November 24, 2021, 5:38 PM 19 comments
Microsoft Software Microsoft denies pulling a bait-and-switch with Windows 11's emoji design Probably not Microsoft's biggest priority right now By Rob Thubron, October 15, 2021, 8:09 AM 8 comments
The Web Tech Culture Unicode Standard Version 14 brings users new characters and images Unicode Consortium gives birth to 37 new emoji characters By Jimmy Pezzone, September 19, 2021, 8:38 AM 16 comments
Google Mobile New Android 12 emojis sport quirky, light-hearted design Google is updating its emoji library with simplified designs By Emma Garofalo, May 26, 2021, 2:57 PM
The Web Twitter could soon introduce Facebook-style emoji reactions Like, dislike, angry, how does this make you feel? By Rob Thubron, March 25, 2021, 7:35 AM
Tech Culture Ford's jacket lets cyclists communicate with drivers using emoji No middle finger emoji, though By Rob Thubron, February 6, 2020, 8:50 AM
Tech Culture Mobile Unicode Consortium adds 62 new emoji for 2020 There are 62 new emoji as well as 55 gender and skin tone variants By Shawn Knight, January 30, 2020, 1:40 PM 12 comments
Tech Culture Car Tech Emoji could soon appear on license plates in the US Sad, happy, or angry face? By Rob Thubron, January 27, 2020, 9:08 AM 18 comments
Microsoft Hardware Microsoft's new keyboards come with dedicated Office and Emoji keys Will other keyboard makers do the same? By Rob Thubron, October 11, 2019, 8:37 AM
Mobile Software SwiftKey adds AR emojis feature to its Android app No depth-sensing camera required By Rob Thubron, July 5, 2019, 5:20 AM
Mobile Xiaomi's 'Mimoji' is a not-so-subtle take on Apple's Memoji stirring up controversy Company threatens to sue 'rumor-mongers' By Cal Jeffrey, July 2, 2019, 2:12 PM
Microsoft Software Windows 10 will receive an updated command line tool with multiple tabs, theme customization and emoji support Good news for power users By Cohen Coberly, May 6, 2019, 6:33 PM 12 comments
Tech Culture The Web Google removes eggs from salad emoji to make it more inclusive for vegans Wait, what? By Rob Thubron, June 8, 2018, 8:40 AM 23 comments
Tech Culture Microsoft Microsoft follows Google in swapping its gun emoji for a water pistol That didn't take long By Rob Thubron, April 26, 2018, 9:35 AM 7 comments
Mobile Security Iran wants citizens to swap Telegram for domestically made app featuring "Death to America" emojis Israel and the Freemasons are also targets By Rob Thubron, April 25, 2018, 9:24 AM 8 comments
Mobile Tech Culture Google becomes latest company to swap its gun emoji for a water pistol After Apple, Samsung, and Twitter did the same thing By Rob Thubron, April 25, 2018, 7:15 AM 18 comments
Mobile Indian lawyer threatens to sue WhatsApp if it doesn't remove "obscene" middle finger emoji It's usually the poo emoji that offends By Rob Thubron, December 27, 2017, 10:53 AM
Software Apple WhatsApp's new emoji look a lot like Apple's Spot the difference By Rob Thubron, October 3, 2017, 12:11 PM
The Web Despite demands from some users, Facebook says it won't be adding a crucifix reaction emoji Conservative Christians have requested the button in response to the rainbow emoji By Rob Thubron, July 3, 2017, 2:00 PM 10 comments
Tech Culture The Web Some of the candidates for this year's new emoji include mermaids, breastfeeding women, and man fairies And is that Harambe? By Rob Thubron, March 23, 2017, 10:51 AM 12 comments
The Web Facebook is testing a quasi-Dislike button for messages By Shawn Knight, March 5, 2017, 3:15 PM
Tech Culture This summer's Emoji movie stars Patrick Stewart as the voice of Poo The movie's YouTube trailer has almost 12 times as many dislikes versus likes By Rob Thubron, January 19, 2017, 2:15 PM 14 comments
Software Mobile Android 7.1.1 update brings Pixel features to everyone Inclusive emojis, GIFs, and launcher actions By William Gayde, December 6, 2016, 12:45 AM