Emoji have become popular ways to communicate ... Since leaving the Daily Dot, she’s reported for CNN Money and done technical writing for cybersecurity firm Dragos.

the bug is called the "black dot of death," but it's not actually the black dot emoji (⚫) that does the damage. SEE ALSO: Apple uses Siri in workaround for iPhone Messages crash bug Instead ...

Emoji and emoticons are often confused for being the same thing. Here’s a newsflash for you: They’re not. Even though emoticons predate emoji by almost 20 years, it’s easy to see why ...

Last night my 21-year-old daughter, who goes to college in another state, texted me a skull 💀 emoji followed by a crying emoji 😭. It was a strange response to a photo I sent earlier that day.

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 ...

There's a new iPhone bug crashing people's messaging apps, and all it takes is two texts. People are referring to it as "The Black Dot Bug" because of the black circle emoji that you see in the ...

In May last year, emoji was named as the world's fastest growing language. Now it seems that trend is making its way into website names, with the help of web domain registration service GoDaddy.

The Green Party's new logo is an emoji. The federal party unveiled its new brand, a green dot, on Tuesday on Parliament Hill, ...

Are you wondering what the tiny blue dot means in your Snapchat messages? Or why it sometimes turns into a smiley face emoji for seemingly no reason? Don't worry. We've got you covered.