Most of our communication online is typed – emails, text messages, Facebook and Twitter. But typing has no facial expressions, no tone of voice. No nuance. So, maybe it was inevitable that somebody ...

It's the most wonderful time ... of the month. That's right ladies and gentlemen, it is time for your monthly Emoji Power Rankings. We have seen some serious shake ups in the world of emojis as we've ...

Editor’s note: Professor Vyvyan Evans is an internationally renowned expert on language and digital communication. He has published 14 books on language, meaning and mind. This is an edited excerpt ...

Gone are the days of handwritten letters that people used to send to their loved ones on joyous occasions, happy moments, and sorrowful times. These little pictograms help people communicate, express ...

You’ve got your paramedic emoji, your policeman emoji, your private-detective emoji and many many more mostly male emojis. Isn’t it time we had at least a few professional-women characters out there ...

Mosquitoes are coming. The Unicode Consortium has just announced that alongside your smiling face – or perhaps crying face – emoji you’ll soon be able to add a mosquito. The mosquito emoji will join ...

Most of our communication online is typed – emails, text messages, Facebook and Twitter. But typing has no facial expressions, no tone of voice. No nuance. So, maybe it was inevitable that somebody ...

There are no sure things in life but death and taxes. Until this month, we thought that it was also a sure thing that the Smiling Poo emoji would forever reign supreme atop our Power Rankings. Yes, ...