The breastfeeding character was submitted by Rachel Lee, a registered nurse at the University College of London Hospital. In her proposal, Lee writes the emoji would "fill a gap in the current ...

Today, to give us another way of showing support and presence in its apps, the company said it would add a new reaction for “care” — in the forms of an emoji face hugging a heart ...

And, as of this year, according to a breakdown of the website emojitracker by Luminoso, a text-­analytics company, the tilde was surpassed in usage on Twitter by the emoji symbol for “joy.” ...