Actually, it's not so much the smiley faces themselves but the way that they and other popular emoticons register differently across various platforms, which can make preservation and even ...

A smiley face isn't always simply a smiley face. Emoji are set to get more complicated, with Apple (AAPL) this week releasing a dozen new emoji that will appear on its devices later this year ...

Frowny face. A study just published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science suggests that including a smiley emoticon (":)") or an emoji (a picture of a smiley face ...

Q: Authors and poets have managed to do without smiley or frowny faces to express subtle emotions. Are Internet users just lazy? A: It is a very good question. What did people do before emoticons?

Most dolls have smiley faces. Frowny Faces dolls sell for $25 and can be purchased online. They also are available at more than a dozen specialty stores in select cities. Floyd said she also is ...

The yellow hue may be racially neutral when employed for a simple smiley icon with two round eyes and a mouth, but when applied to a more humanoid face — especially within the context of Unicode ...

It wasn’t long before the text smiley swelled into an entire family of emoticons. Bulletin board posters quickly began adding frowny faces: :-( to more serious or negative posts, followed by ...

Häggman says the stickers displayed at the door will encourage business owners to do their best. "Nobody wants a frowny face—everyone wants a smiley," Häggman explains of the quality monitoring.