The rose emoji is a classy option and is the textual version of giving them flowers or, even better, suggesting that they ...

Over time, emoji meanings have become subjective, depending on a message's context and wider cultural trends. Which shaking smiley face should you use? Is there a difference between each different ...

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 ...

A petition suggested that emoji like these could be added to Apple's keyboard 'But when it comes to faces outside of yellow smileys, there's a staggering lack of minority representation.' ...

Well, they have really strong opinions about the use of the smiley face emoji, in particular Apple’s yellow, wide eyed grinning emoji. So what is it about the smiley face that is so wrong?

Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for example, smiley face, love hearts. A smaller proportion of the emoji sent are sad expressions.