And, as of this year, according to a breakdown of the website emojitracker by Luminoso, a text-­analytics company, the tilde was surpassed in usage on Twitter by the emoji symbol for “joy.” ...

Take the thumbs-up emoji. For decades an innocent symbol of assent ... give me a call', those of us over 30 would mimic having an old-fashioned rotary-style telephone receiver at our ear ...

A 24-year-old on Reddit summed up the Gen Z argument ... She believes words are always better than symbols in a professional icon and can see how people are disillusioned by the 'all good ...

You may have heard that 250 more emojis, the little smiley face icons and other symbols you can send in text messages, are coming to a cellphone near you. The story of the emoji starts in Japan in ...

She knew a 5-year-old who ... of using symbols to communicate with people they care about. But let's start with the survey results. Yes, many preliterate kids send emoji-only text messages ...

The number of Brits turning to colourful symbols over text to communicate has risen, with 62 per cent claiming to use emoji more than they did a year ago. A further 80 per cent say they use them ...