Here’s how to understand the hidden meanings behind some common emojis and what parents should do if they see them.

As per Emojipedia, there are in fact just seven new basic emojis: Distorted Face, Fight Cloud, Orca, Hairy Creature (think Bigfoot), Trombone, Landslide, and Treasure Chest. The 163 figure comes from ...

A picture — or an emoji — tells a thousand words. Amit Kalley, the founder of the organization For Working Parents, has issued an urgent warning to parents about the secret meanings of smartphone ...

Humans have been communicating with pictures since the days of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Today, that tradition lives on in one of the most popular visual languages of the digital age: the emoji.

reporting from san francisco — When the Oxford English Dictionary declared an emoji its 2015 word of the year, it was a bit of a head-scratcher. The emoji it singled out — an image of a laughing ...

Here’s something you can text your friends about. It’s World Emoji Day, a completely made up, delightful, and, yes, annual chance to reflect on the thousands of symbols and smileys we’ve come to love, ...

Emojis are a fun and engaging way to communicate online. From different kinds of smiley faces to hearts to thumbs-ups, emojis add a personal touch to our online interactions. You also can use emojis ...

Emojis may feel like a universal language, but a new survey has found they are causing confusion and even offense in the workplace. A study by Lokalise of more than 1,000 employees in the United ...

’em or 😡 ’em, emojis are embedded in our 21st century culture. Over 90 percent of the world’s 3.2 billion Internet users regularly send these “picture characters,” as the word means in Japanese, with ...

From thumbs-up emojis to one-letter replies, tiny digital cues are causing big misunderstandings at work. As five generations ...

Whether you like it or not, cartoon faces, stomping flamenco dancers and applauding hands have now entered your social life, albeit digitally. While they once may have been novel or cute, the sea of ...