As clever as the explanation may be, the children’s game of tag is not short for touch and go. Something posh, or luxurious and stylish, isn’t so called because swankier cabins

Today Twitter has released Twemoji 12.0, bringing Emoji 12.0 support to its various platforms. The update comes hot on the heels of Unicode 12.0, meaning that Twitter are once again

While we may be seeing greater convergence in their overall design, emojis still have variations in their appearance across platforms that can significantly alter their tone and personality.In a playful exercise earlier

Summary: No new emojis, two minor changes, and one almost imperceptible change in Apple's latest iOS release.iOS 12.2 is out now and here's what's new in the updates to Apple's emoji

Coming to Android this year: a third gender option for emojis such as Police Officer, Zombie, Person Facepalming, Construction Worker and People With Bunny Ears.Revealed by Google in a submission to the

Until now, Japanese phone carrier Docomo has most often been widely credited as the originator of what we know as emoji today. It turns out, that might not be the case, and today

WhatsApp has begun to roll out WhatsApp 2.19.62, an update to the messaging service which contains a selection of emoji design changes. Above: A selection of the changed emoji designs featured

The latest version of WhatsApp includes a Transgender Pride flag, hidden from the emoji keyboard.This is created using a ZWJ sequence of the 🏳️ White Flag emoji and ⚧ Male with Stroke and Male

The Unicode Consortium has today released version 12 of the Unicode Standard. The release includes 61 new emoji characters and 493 non-emoji characters.This follows last month's announcement of the final list of

Facebook Messenger has a new dark mode that can be activated by sending the 🌙 Crescent Moon emoji in any message thread.Once the 🌙 emoji has been sent, a message appears noting that Dark

On Friday, February 22, the London Times ran an article on emojis that made many of us go 😂, 🙃, or 🤔 online. The Times emoji explainer is killing me. 🍆 🍑 🔥 pic.twitter.com/uA8Th2Mc62— Latika

Earlier this month 230 new emojis were approved for release in 2019; but what about all the other requests?The number one emoji wanted by Emojipedia users is “happy tears”: an emoji to

Today at a press event in San Fransisco, Samsung announced the Galaxy S10 series of phones which all ship with the recently rebranded Samsung One UI. This custom Android implementation changes a considerable

Earlier this month, the Unicode Consortium debuted its final list of new emojis for 2019—and we debated it. Some men felt challenged by what Pinching Hand implied about their bodies while some

The final emoji list for 2019 has now been approved by the Unicode Consortium and includes a total of 230 new emojis coming to major platforms this year. Additions include previously drafted candidates

Today EmojiOne has released a new version of its emoji suite, updating a considerable number of pre-existing emoji designs: a now well-established practice for the freemium emoji vendor. First previewed in October 2018,

A picture, as they say, is worth a thousand words. So, too, at least in the realms of texting and social media, is an emoji. Behold the wide eyes and red cheeks of

WhatsApp has released new emojis for Android, along with design modifications for its native emoji set. The latest update means that WhatsApp users on Android now have access to both the 157 new

Emojipedia has a monthly newsletter containing emoji stories you might not have seen from around the web.Curated by me, Emojiepdia's Editor in Chief ("Chief Emoji Officer" is the more fun title for

A comprehensive list of emojis used at Christmas time, where they come from, and most importantly: how much cheer they spread on each platform. Both ⛄ Winter and 🎅 Christmas are well represented on the