Feeling confused, exasperated, heartbroken, or passionate? There's an emoji for that. Unicode Consortium, the decider of all things emoji, just announced the release of more than 200 new characters.

Official names tell one story. Real usage tells another. Here are the emojis most often misread, plus what people actually mean today.

Four in 10 Americans believe a text feels naked without an emoji, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 Americans (aged 21+) revealed 41% of respondents believe a message needs to include an ...

Most of us now use emoji to convey feelings or thoughts, a practice that has become ubiquitous along with the use of smartphones. Could such emoji have use in medical communication? Yes, according to ...

Will the new Emoji 16.0 icons stick around this time?

Emotion is something that is incredibly difficult to get across in a digital format. Aside from ending your texts with “lol” to appear less threatening, or ending a tweet with “/s” to indicate sarcasm ...

If you've ever hesitated to add a smiley face or a thumbs-up to an email, a new survey from Adobe may put you at ease. The software company, which conducts regular surveys on emoji use, found that the ...

If you’re not using emojis in your correspondence, they may not be as meaningful. Seven in 10 Americans feel that unless a message has an emoji in it, it is “incomplete,” according to a new survey ...

A long-awaited lime, a cliche bird on fire, and 108 ways to choose people doing 6 different things—here are this year's emoji finalists. Reading time 3 minutes Ah the emoji, the small, cartoonish ...