It’s even become the focus of the field of linguistics known as Computer ... emoticon. The emoticon :) – a colon followed by a parenthesis – is a visual representation of a smiley face ...

Estate planning attorney notes how emojis are crossing over from casual conversation to litigation. What was once dismissed as 'just an emoji' is now carefully scrutinized.

Language experts say the smiley face and ... popularity. Computer science and linguistics professors contacted by the Associated Press said they were unaware of who first used the symbol.

The man who owns the rights to the iconic "smiley face" symbol has said that only bringing out small numbers of emojis each year limits people's freedom of speech online. Nicolas Loufrani ...

In the early days of the internet, computer scientist Scott Fahlman ran ... Fahlman off-handedly suggested denoting humorous posts with a text smiley face: :-) And so the first text emoticon ...

In the early days of the internet, computer scientist Scott Fahlman ran ... Fahlman off-handedly suggested denoting humorous posts with a text smiley face: :-) And so the first text emoticon ...

Carnegie Mellon University alumni trace the origin of the smiley to a group of computer scientists ... the notice at face value, believing a mercury spill had actually taken place. Various bboard ...

Emotion is something that is incredibly difficult to get across in a digital format. Aside from ending your texts with “lol” to appear less threatening, or ending a tweet with “/s” to ...

It’s a testament to the symbol that it can be deconstructed to such a degree and yet still be immediately recognizable. There is no doubt that it’s a smiley face, though it looks anything but ...