A new study has shown that when it comes to developing closeness in your relationships, the emoji you send in your texts are doing some pretty heavy lifting. You know emoji – the expressive visual ...

Unicode, the consortium responsible for creating new emojis, has released hundreds of new emojis, including a genie, breastfeeding, a woman in a head scarf—the works. If you use a humanlike emoji, ...

From friendly smiley faces to cheeky aubergines, emoji now form a staple part of many people's daily messages. But despite their prevalence, people are only just realising what one popular character ...