Earlier this year, Google revealed plans to approach emoji creators Unicode with designs for a slew of new emoji that would bring far more gender balance to the current offering. Tackling the fact ...

It’s a banner day to be an emoji. Monday marks the tenth annual World Emoji Day 🗺️🤩📆, and there’s never been a better time to be a cute and colorful little communication character.

Thus, to push gender-balanced emoji out to the masses more quickly, the Consortium decided to use a mechanism that combines existing emoji into new pictures rather than creating entirely new emoji.

A new set of 31 emojis are up for approval by the Unicode Consortium, the nonprofit organization that works to standardize characters including emoji. The reference site Emojipedia drafted ...

Emoji overhaul includes characters that better ... including gender-agnostic choices and a more balanced representation of women in the work force. "Now, using Messenger emojis, you'll see a ...

Google is now letting you easily set your own default skin tone and gender for supported emoji in Gboard on Android. Today, selecting a different skin tone – by long-pressing – will result in ...

A balanced approach Perhaps the key lies in balance ... They are tools to enhance our digital dialogue, not replace it. On World Emoji Day, we can celebrate these playful icons and acknowledge ...

NTT Docomo will phase out its proprietary set of emoji — known as Docomo Emoji — starting with smartphones released in late June, according to an announcement from the telecom giant ...