Emoji

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The Broken-Chain Emoji Is the Icon of Summer“Broken chain” should quickly become one of the Good Emoji.

By Matt Stieb

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This New Emoji Is Flirting With MeWho is she?

By Mia Mercado

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We’re Finally Getting a Beans EmojiAt long last, some respect for legumes.

By Chris Crowley

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There Will Be No New Emoji Next Year Because of the CoronavirusThe Unicode Consortium, like everything else, is experiencing delays.

By Brian Feldman

select all July 6, 2019

Instagram Accidentally Made Emoji Fun AgainWouldn’t it be nice if social media was a little weirder all the time?

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Unicode Introduces New Emoji for 2019Many of the new emoji are focused on accessibility.

By Brian Feldman

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World’s Shadiest Aquarium Calls Out Anatomically Incorrect Squid EmojiTurns out squid don’t have noses.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all June 7, 2018

Good News, Google’s Salad Emoji Is Vegan NowGoogle removed the egg from its salad emoji.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Accessibility-Themed Emoji Could Be Coming SoonApple proposed several new emoji, including an ear with a hearing aid, a guide dog, and a person in a wheelchair.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Oh Good, a Meghan Markle EmojiKate Middleton is getting her own emoji, too.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Lobster Emoji Now Has Proper Number of Legs Since a Bunch of Mainers ComplainedThe newest set of emoji will now include an anatomically correct lobster.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Feb. 20, 2018

The Skateboard Emoji Has Been Fixed With Help From Tony HawkThe Unicode Consortium and Hawk updated the icon over DM.

By Brian Feldman

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Tony Hawk Finally Got a Skateboard Emoji. Now He Just Has to Fix It.The retro board is getting a few tweaks before it arrives later this year.

By Brian Feldman

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Bagel, Redhead, and Flat Shoe Among 157 New EmojiPlus a bald person, a peacock, and a superhero.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Why Is Emoji Black Santa Sad?Unsurprisingly, emoji white Santa looks content.

By Carl Swanson

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Sh*t Is Hitting the Fan Over the New Poop EmojiThe argument started over a proposed poop emoji with a frown instead of a smile.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Oct. 31, 2017

Here’s How to Download Apple’s 70 New EmojiHighlights include an adorable porcupine, a cursing face that also censors itself, and a curling stone (for all of your curling-related emoji needs).

By Paris Martineau

select all Oct. 25, 2017

DOJ Subpoenas Twitter Users Over Smiley-Face-Emoji TweetTwitter is fighting it.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Oct. 6, 2017

These Are the 56 New Emoji Coming to the Next iPhone UpdateHedgehogs, cursing smilies, and a whole lot of spooky options: Apple’s latest emoji are going to step up your texting game.

By Paris Martineau

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New iPhone ‘Animoji’ Will Mirror Your Facial ExpressionsHighly personal emoji for those moments when you need the perfect reaction.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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It’s Not All Heart-Eyes Emoji for Taylor Swift AnymorePeople on Twitter are using very different emoji to talk about Swift’s forthcoming album than they did for 1989.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Aug. 4, 2017

These Are the 67 New Emoji Already Being Considered for Next YearWe might be getting a frowning poop emoji to go with the smiling one.

By Madison Malone Kircher

July 17, 2017

These Are the New Emoji Coming Soon to Your iPhoneThe vomit emoji is great.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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These Are the New Emoji Coming Soon to Your iPhoneThe vomit emoji is great.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Howdy, I’m the Sheriff of Memes, and I’m Here to Explain This Sheriff MemeThe new meme involves building a tiny sheriff out of only emoji.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all June 20, 2017

Facebook Puts Gay Pride in a Digital ClosetFacebook’s pride-flag emoji is only available in select areas, and users have to opt in to access it.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all May 23, 2017

An Emoji-to-English Dictionary, As Translated by CherIn case you’ve ever wanted to know what the palm tree emoji really means in Cher-speak.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all May 17, 2017

Google’s Blob Emoji Get Sad, Circular RedesignRIP, blobs.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Apparently Everybody Is Using the Exact Same Emoji for These Artists on SpotifySpoiler: Drake is, understandably, fire.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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This App That Turns Your Face Into an Emoji Is Surprisingly GoodThe app is easy to use, and the finished products are too funny.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Merman and Breastfeeding Woman Among 69 Emoji Coming Soon to a Keyboard Near YouThere’s also a pretzel, a dude in a sauna, and some dinosaurs.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Feb. 25, 2017

Mike Pence Wrongly Tweets Nicaraguan Flag Emoji Instead of Israeli FlagThe vice-president’s attempt to show solidarity with Israel on Twitter totally backfired.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Despite Those Calls for a Dislike Button, Love Is Still Top Facebook ReactionIt’s been exactly a year since Facebook introduced reaction emoji.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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Who Really Designed Apple’s Emoji?Justin Bai just wanted to know about the origin of the Rolodex emoji; instead, he discovered something bigger.

By Madison Malone Kircher

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The Terrors of the Side-Eye EmojiOn Snapchat, it symbolizes one-way relationships.

By Maureen O'Connor

Feb. 9, 2017

Finally, an Emoji Video Worth WatchingLots of sketch pitches feature emojis. Most of them are just okay, because they rely on a kind of knee-jerk creative commentary on our modern […]

By Luke Kelly Clyne

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