In that moment, an emoji often deployed with a dose of irony turned curiously sincere. As laid-off designer Audrey Davis observed, she never thought the saluting face would make her “sob.” ...

From a simple thumbs up to a laughing cowboy, there is an emoji for almost any conceivable moment. But it is the humble smiley face which is the most iconic of them all. However, if you've been ...

To Gen Z, that classic smiley face emoji isn’t all sunshine — it’s more of a smug, side-eye smirk that can come off as passive-aggressive in texts like above.

Of course the smiley face wasn’t always just an emoji. It actually has a steeper history that’s older than any Gen Z. According to The Guardian, the smiley face was invented in 1963 “as a ...

Revealed: The 8 new emoji officially coming to your iPhone - including one face that EVERYONE will use. READ MORE: I tested Apple's new smartphone - and I wasn't disappointed; By WILIAM HUNTER ...

Dubai: One afternoon in 2016, I received a smiley face emoji under one of my WeChat Moments post. WeChat Moments is a Chinese social media platform that is similar to Facebook, but the post ...