The classic smiley face emoji now means something completely different to those under 30. Instead of conveying happiness , the grinning yellow face is now seen as dismissive, passive-aggressive ...

Hi-Art: Artist Nico Dios, formerly of graffiti crew Irak, goes a step beyond emoji, offering larger-format and more complex stickers via Hi-Art, the app he co-founded.

For the truly tech/text-savvy, having entire text message conversations using only emoji characters is an art form all its own. Now a group of art-smart folks on Twitter have taken that concept to ...

Of course the smiley face wasn’t always just an emoji. It actually has a steeper history that’s older than any Gen Z. According to The Guardian, the smiley face was invented in 1963 “as a ...

The images of smiley faces, food and cats were created in 1999 for mobile phone carrier Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, or NTT DOCOMO. The set was designed by Shigetaka Kurita and each emoji is ...