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If you've ever hesitated to add a smiley face or a thumbs-up to an email, a new survey from Adobe may put you at ease. The software company, which conducts regular surveys on emoji use, found that the ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

Emojis have become a universal language, with 6 billion sent every day. Yet, a majority of global emoji users say they want to see more inclusive representation. Adobe has released its Global Emoji ...

At a time when in-person conversations are harder to come by, many people are choosing to express their thoughts about 🦠 with a practical mix of 😷 and 🛒. But perhaps no emoji has come to embody the ...

Apple has released the first look on the new and updated Emoji keyboard that comes along with the iOS 14.5, now featuring new heart symbols, skin tones for the LGBTQ++ lovers, a syringe that lost its ...

Several Twitter users have reported being asked an in-app poll about new emoji options to signify reactions of awesome, agree and disagree Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at ...

As per the norm these days, a sizable percentage of the new features will be powered by AI and leverage Gemini's ability to ...

An overwhelming majority of people around the globe want emojis to be more inclusive and culturally distinct so they can show how they feel, according to a new Adobe study. Adobe’s latest Global Emoji ...

We may not be able to hug during the pandemic, but at least we have the hug emoji in 2020. Android and Apple users, using updates software versions (Android 10 and iOS 14), now have access to 117 new ...