The Unicode Consortium announced plans (PDF) to support new emoji aimed at promoting gender equality—11 new "professional" emoji will depict both men and women performing different jobs, and ...

The Unicode Consortium released a report of the most popular emojis for the first time, which informs what new emoji the group decides to add. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

Unicode released its report on Nov. 3, and while there is no set date for the arrival of these diverse emoji, the report is a clear indication that Unicode is listening and taking action.

A new draft proposal published Tuesday at the Unicode Consortium outlines a way of diversifying the mostly white people who populate your emoji keyboard. The system, presented by Google software ...

Quantitative data about emoji usage reveals a lot about their role in language—and how they help us express emotions we have no words for. Unicode Consortium is the standard bearer of emoji. The ...

Unicode Consortium 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.

Every year, the governing body Unicode adds new emoji to the nearly 3,000 already in existence. Here's how it picks the additions.

Unicode’s approval process considers things like frequency of use, multiple uses or meanings, ability to be used in sequence with other emojis, and whether or not it’s “breaking new ground.” ...

Emoji are getting an upgrade — diverse skin tones. The little icons Millennials have a penchant for using in lieu of words have infiltrated pop culture and everyday communications, but a common ...

Two activists want the Unicode Consortium to add the American Sign Language handshape for "I love you" to Unicode 9.

The Unicode Consortium says it’s delaying the release of emoji in 2021 and will be pushing back the schedule until 2022. This means the deadline to submit new emoji goes until September 1st.