Formerly known as smileys and often confused with emoticons, emoji faces are used on SMS and social media apps like Instagram ...

A study by the GroupLens Research team at the University of Minnesota examines the variations between some popular emoji presentations and how they are perceived. The most widely misinterpreted is the ...

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.

Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, 21-year-old Hafeezat Bishi spoke about her experience with the emoji as some of her new ...