We’ve simply dealt with too many damn distractions over the past year. Politics. Climate change. Kids pestering you for a snack. And just two days after Microsoft tells us that the fundamental ...

When I saw the news that Apple would be releasing 217 new emojis into the world, I did what I always do: I asked my undergraduates what it meant to them. “We barely use them anymore,” they scoffed. To ...

Actually, some of the seemingly new emojis are no strangers to domestic online users. Because of their huge popularity and high usage rate on other social media platforms like Sina Weibo, Baidu Tieba ...

Hey, you know how when you type things into iOS and it autosuggests words and phrases for you? Sometimes, if it can parse what you're saying, it'll also recommend emojis. For example, if you type ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Swiftkey, a 3rd party keyboard that remains one of the favorites around this site, received a beta update to ...

Vyvyan Evans consults to TalkTalk Mobile. Each year, Oxford Dictionaries – one of the world’s leading arbiters on the English language – selects a word that has risen to prominence over the past 12 ...