The emoji is actually called the "hugging face" on Emojipedia, the same name the emoji is encoded as, said Burge. The description says "A face displayed with an open hands gesture , offering a hug." ...

New emoji are on the horizon, and Emojipedia is here to provide some idea of what they might look like. The site created mock-ups of 69 samples, including a few that will prove useful to anyone ...

Before he started working for The Verge, Jay Peters submitted the proposals for the yawning face and waffle emoji that became a reality in Emoji 12.0. Here’s how he did it — submitting ...