Every year, the Unicode Consortium decides on new emoji characters that will be coming to smartphones and other devices in the future, and this week, the Unicode 17 emoji recommendations came out [PDF ...

The Unicode Consortium has finalized and released version 16.0 of the Unicode standard, the elaborate character set that ensures that our phones, tablets, PCs, and other devices can all communicate ...

Most people have had the experience of scrolling through their phone keyboards in search of a specific emoji, only to find it absent. A very small percentage of those people have actually stepped up ...

CUPERTINO, Calif. (KGO) -- It looks like Apple is listening to singer Miley Cyrus. The pop star and actor Tahj Mowry both complained that Apple's Emoji character apps on its devices lack racial ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Extremely Happy face Emoji because The Unicode Consortium has just revealed the list of 51 new Emoji characters that could appear on your phone's keyboard starting next year, and ...

That news shouldn’t come as a surprise. The laughing/crying face is the perfect symbol to illustrate your emotional extremes, from unfiltered happiness to bitter sadness. For example, you might use it ...

Emojis have evolved since the day they became available, from the way they look to their connotation. Back in 2011, artist Tanya Mau (@lazymau) drew a set of blue emojis. The emoticons were highly ...

Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on tech since learning BASIC in the late '70s. When not cleaning up after his daughter and son, Steven can be found pedaling around ...

Outside of Textopolis, this teenager holds the home to all the Emoji characters—his cell phone. Like the rest of us, he overthinks which Emojis to text his crush in order to win her heart. As the root ...

The Unicode Consortium on Thursday announced and published samples of 72 new emoji characters set for release as part of Unicode 9.0 in June, including what is sure to be a crowd favorite: the ...