The appeal of emoji is their universality and dexterity. They allow us to augment otherwise flat online messages by adding a dimension to our online speech that we may not be able to express with ...

While you can get everything from hot pot to chestnuts to, yes, avocados in the food section, the shoe emoji selection comes down to a Man's Shoe (literally the name), Running Shoe (unisex), High ...

The classic smiley face emoji now means something completely different to those under 30. Instead of conveying happiness, the grinning yellow face is now seen as dismissive, passive-aggressive, or ...

The “Face with Medical Mask” emoji, which was present in the emoji library before the COVID-19 pandemic, previously had a less-than-enthused expression, as it was created to symbolize sickness.

She says that in formal business emails, "a smiley is not a smile." In the study, 549 participants from 29 different countries were asked to read a work-related email from an unknown sender.

So, is the flat shoe emoji coming to a smartphone screen near you? We won’t find out until November, when the Unicode Consortium announces which proposed emojis will definitely roll out in 2018.