When Shigetaka Kurita created the first emoji in 1999, he had to work within a grid measuring 12 by 12 pixels. That’s a total of 144 dots, or 18 bytes of data, meaning that the Japanese designer’s ...

How have we ignored the cherry emoji for so long? They are so very versatile. The ruby red cherries resemble a particularly juicy derrière. And, if butts aren't your bag, you can even use the cherries ...

Many of us don't give our emoji usage a second thought. And we bandy around the likes of , , and ️ without batting an eyelid. SEE ALSO: Smiley emoji in your work emails are making you look incompetent ...

World Emoji Day falls annually on July 17, the date shown on the calendar emoji. Get ready to sprinkle a few extra "zany faces" 🤪 and "fist bump" 👊 symbols into your texts -- today is World Emoji ...