Apple added eight new emoji to all iPhones when the company released iOS 18.4 in March, and Samsung brought those same emoji ...

The classic smiley face emoji now means something completely different to those under 30. Instead of conveying happiness, the grinning yellow face is now seen as dismissive, passive-aggressive ...

Tiny icons, big implications: A quick emoji survival guide Thumbs-up to confirm a meeting? Fine. 🚫 Thumbs-up to close a million-dollar deal? Maybe not. Smiley face after a thank-you email?

Well, they have really strong opinions about the use of the smiley face emoji, in particular Apple’s yellow, wide eyed grinning emoji. So what is it about the smiley face that is so wrong?

From a simple thumbs up to a laughing cowboy, there is an emoji for almost any conceivable moment. But it is the humble smiley face which is the most iconic of them all. However, if you've been ...

What was it? The ubiquitous smiley face. Emojis are in the news because a recent Tracker Research survey of 2,000 Americans revealed that 41% of respondents believe a message needs an emoji to be ...

Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for example, smiley face, love hearts. A smaller proportion of the emoji sent are sad expressions.

Smiley face after a thank-you email? Friendly. Smiley face after a contract renegotiation? Risky. Fire emoji to hype a new product? Fun in marketing. Fire emoji about workplace "shakeups"?