For emoji lovers, it’s the most wonderful time of the year: when we learn the latest batch of emoji likely to end up on our phones and tablets in the coming months. But this year’s candidates look a ...

When cute smiley faces started popping up in text messages in Japan during the 1990s, software engineers like Mark Davis didn’t know if the digital images called emojis were just a fad. But by 2006, ...

Don't expect to see new flags in your phone's emoji any time soon. The Unicode Consortium has warned it will "no longer accept proposals" for flag emoji, regardless of category. They're more trouble ...

With just two days before World Emoji Day on July 17th, Emojipedia has shared a list of draft characters the Unicode Consortium will consider for final inclusion in Unicode 14.0. The list includes ...

In the world of emojis, interracial couples had virtually no options in terms of skin tone. But the emoji gods, otherwise known as the Unicode Consortium, recently rectified that, approving 71 new ...

Led by Unicode Consortium member Michel Suignard, the proposed Hieroglyphs will add over 2,000 new glyphs to the current Unicode standards. It will also provide greater global standardization and ease ...

Macworld Ballet dancers, bigfoot hunters, Fleetwood Mac fans, and trombone players are coming to your iPhone. As previously ...

The Unicode Consortium released a list of the most frequently used emoji for the first time ever. 😂 and ️ topped the list. Unicode uses frequency to determine which emoji categories to focus on in ...

Earlier this month, the Unicode Consortium had its 149th meeting to approve 51 new emoji as part of Unicode 10.0 — which will be available for mobile devices, laptops, desktops and wearables. The ...

The coronavirus pandemic has impacted a lot, from businesses to supply chains to schools. We're learning today that the outbreak will even impact the roll out of new emoji, with the Unicode Consortium ...

When cute smiley faces started popping up in text messages in Japan during the 1990s, software engineers like Mark Davis didn’t know if the digital images called emojis were just a fad. But by 2006, ...