Have you ever sent a text to your boss and accidently used a winky face instead of a smiley face? That moment of sheer panic after you pressed send probably had something to do with how your boss ...

Pity the poor smiley face. It once was the go-to symbol to convey e-emotion. Cyberspace was its oyster. It reigned supreme. But today's mobile app era has become something of an emoji-eat-emoji world.

Who knew, until it was published in China Daily and other media outlets this week, that there is an international nonprofit agency that zealously maintains global standards for emojis? The Unicode ...

Whether you like it or not, cartoon faces, stomping flamenco dancers and applauding hands have now entered your social life, albeit digitally. While they once may have been novel or cute, the sea of ...

Mobile phone users who send a smiley or sad face, or any type of picture icon, in a text could be stung with massive charges – with one user billed more than £200 as a result of using these emojis.

It's a sign of the times that those ubiquitous little computer symbols seem to be taking on a life of their own Who knew, until we read about it in China Daily and other media this week, that there is ...