Owen Williams

For the first time since I started buying smartphones I'm planning to switch to Android, and there's one thing that had me stuck: iMessage. After mourning that I'd have to give it up, I started looking into alternatives – then remembered that Google's Allo service existed. Given that my partner was

iOS 10 is expected to be released next week, as Apple announces its new iPhone tomorrow. The latest iOS preview includes a number of new emojis. We're excited about the changes, because many of them are long overdue – and the update includes one of the biggest emoji overhauls on iOS

There are all kinds of common emojis we don't have yet, but Kim Kardashian has a whole set! How? Well, it's really nothing more than marketing. The term "emoji" originates from Japan, and it's a generic term there, similar to emoticon in English (though the fact they sound

Last year Snapchat quietly added emoji next to your friend's names in your feed, but it didn't tell anyone what they actually meant – we've cracked the emoji code so you don't have to be wondering what this 😏 actually means. 🌟 Gold Star Did you know you can replay Snaps? A lot

Basically everyone considers Apple's emojis to be the 'official' ones when there's a misunderstanding – so much so that even competitors have changed their versions to more closely resemble Apple's over time. In Android Nougat, for example, Google is opting to change its dancer emoji from an amorphous blob into a