Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for example, smiley face, love hearts. A smaller proportion of the emoji sent are sad expressions.

Over time, emoji meanings have become subjective, depending on a message's context and wider cultural trends. Which shaking smiley face should you use? Is there a difference between each ...

From friendly smiley faces to cheeky aubergines, emoji now form a staple part of ... hand sign is often associated with heavy metal culture, and has roots in Italian traditions as a ward against ...

as the iPhone introduced their own emoji keyboard and competing phone companies followed suit. The iconic yellow smiley face has an interesting story behind it - and it was around long before the ...

Parents have been warned about emojis which could have a sinister hidden meaning in their children's conversations, including ...

As reported last year, the Unicode Consortium had teased eight new emoji that would become available on platforms such ...

It earned Smiley Culture an invitation to meet the Queen ... At the time of his death he was out on bail but due to face trial next Monday. The police raid on his home at Warlingham, Surrey ...

Here’s what’s coming. Apple's latest emoji are coming soon. You may have thought that there really were no new smiley faces to be added to the world of emoji without being really obscure ...