It's rare for Microsoft products to invoke a pleasant sense of nostalgia, but MSN Messenger is a piece of software that does. The instant messaging software has been long dead, with Microsoft pulling ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered what is believed to be the world’s oldest smiley face emoji. It was unearthed when scientists were investigating a site in Turkey which dated back to 2,000BC. This ...

On World Emoji Day, emoticon inventor Scott Fahlman opens up about creating the progenitor of emoji and why he doesn’t use emoji himself. Reporter In September of 1982, a handful of researchers at ...

Despite their relatively short lifespan, “emojis” have become an essential part of everyday global communication. They have also, it seems, taken on a life of their own when it comes to what they ...

If you've corresponded with someone who uses Microsoft's Outlook email product, you may have noticed something weird: Their e-mail messages might inexplicably end in the letter "J." So you get weird ...

You are about to send a text message. Should you express an emotion with words or an emoji? According to Aristotle, we have nine basic emotions: anger, friendship, fear, shame, kindness, pity, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As institutions increasingly make use of clinical texting applications, emoji and emoticons have become a common ...

They're not just for Messages. Apple has made emojis such a part of iOS 14 that you can use them nearly anywhere you can type — and now it's made it easier to find the one you want. Okay, if you tried ...

Sure, you use the Messages app to send along SMS and iMessages all day long. You know how to use Emoji’s, too, with a tap on the international keyboard button on your iPhone. I bet you even use ...

They don’t make the digital workplace more casual. They make it uncomfortably weird. You’ve probably encountered the term ...

They found a pot vase which was once used to drink a sweet, sherbet-like substance. But it was the decoration of the pitcher that caught the eye of the astounded archaeologists. A complete face was ...