While many of us tap out these symbols to our family and friends, there are no universal usage rules for emoji: no grammar, no meanings. No syntax. But Fred Benenson, the visionary who gave you ...

This is Shigetaka Kurita, the man who created emoji. Image used with permission by copyright holder. As previously mentioned, Shigetaka Kurita is the person people who use and enjoy emoji should ...

Emoji have eaten the world. I’m calling it, this is moment we hit peak emoji: Phil Ferguson is an Australian man whose Instagram account has become incredibly popular thanks to the novelty hats ...

"Because my kids don’t think of me as an emoji guy, I go crazy on emojis," Speaker Paul Ryan said in a video celebrating #WorldEmojiDay on Monday. Yes, America. While you are biting your nails ...

House Speaker Paul Ryan is getting trolled with emojis on Twitter after trying to join in on #WorldEmojiDay Monday with a video explaining his emoji usage. “Because my kids don’t think of me ...

The new emoji Unicode 9.0 drop includes lots of fun new faces doing interesting things, like "drooling," "rolling on the floor laughing," "lying" (which includes a "Pinocchio"-type nose), and even ...

Do you remember the first time you swiped through the original set of emoji? It was really weird, right? Because while they presumably served as one-tap word replacements, they were extremely ...