Text messages and chats online can include a combination of words, pictures and emoji to convey a message. Words and pictures can be easy to understand, but when someone sends emoji you might feel ...

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With an endless array of emojis at our fingertips—and new ones constantly popping up—knowing when and how to use them is more important than ever. This is especially true for the emoji we use ...

Inside each smartphone are these small faces and items called Emojis. Every Emoji means something different, but unfortunately, Gene, a so-called "Meh" Emoji, has a problem. He has all the ...

Have you ever found yourself scrolling through the emoji keyboard, frustrated that you can't find the perfect little icon to express your exact sentiment? Well, Apple has a solution for you with ...

Apple’s Genmoji adds speed and chaos to my emoji imagination, and I’m starting to love it. In pretty much every way, Genmoji and Emoji Kitchen are opposites. From how you select your emoji ...

and developers are finding a new opportunity in being able to give users better input methods for the emoji millions of people use every day. Last week, I covered David Smith’s excellent Emoji++, but ...

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