In the early days of the internet, computer scientist Scott Fahlman ran into a problem on Carnegie Mellon University’s online bulletin boards. People used the bulletin boards — a kind of primitive ...

With communication moving at the speed of light, it makes sense that you'd want to take the quickest path possible to inform your employees of your emotions. Doing this via text message requires just ...

We may earn a commission for purchases using our links. Learn more. No matter which medium we use to communicate, be it social networking, text or email, emoticons are a quick and easy way to express ...

Thirty years ago Wednesday, noted Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist Professor Scott Fahlman typed out the first sideways smiley face composed entirely of keyboard characters and posted it ...

Pupils are losing marks in their exams because standards of handwriting are declining and emoticons are creeping into answers, a survey revealed yesterday. More than a third of teachers complained ...

In this 2016 photo taken in New York, Julie Zhuo, product design director at Facebook, demonstrates new emoji-like stickers customers will be able to press in addition to the like button. (AP ...