It's been a while since the Unicode Emoji Consortium released its sixth set of proposed emojis last June, with a follow up in August (which offered up a drunken face and unhappy poo, oddly enough).

Within our smartphones is a world of smiley faces, flowers, royals . . . and a pile of poo. And now many of them have come alive, in the off-Broadway musical “Emojiland.” Several key players tell us ...

The Unicode Consortium, the organization charged with selecting and overseeing emojis, is having a shit fit. According to a new report from BuzzFeed, the group has erupted into a civil war over ...

NEW YORK (AP) — We have a smiling pile of poop. What about one that's sad? There's loaf of bread and a croissant. But where's the sliced bagel? How can our emotional vocabulary be complete without a ...

Hershey’s is speaking emoji. For the first time in the company’s 125-year history, its milk chocolate bars are getting a new look. The limited-edition bars have a digital-forward design featuring ...

Technology has created the possibility for new forms of communication. Some of those forms, though, can border on rudeness. The one-word text, for example. Or the smiley face with the tongue sticking ...

Grab your phone, and have a look at your frequently used emojis. What do you see? Prayer hands? Fire? An octopus, for some reason? If you’re Canadian, there’s probably a poop emoji in there somewhere.

As emoji use grows, judges have to get special trainings. As emoji use grows, judges have to get special trainings. is a features editor who publishes award-winning stories about law, tech, and ...

Has Burger King lost its mind? Yes, that's the poop emoji on Burger King Brazil's latest advertising campaign for its ice cream face and all, which was designed by creative firm David São Paolo. But ...

NEW YORK -- We have a smiling pile of poop. What about one that's sad? There's loaf of bread and a croissant. But where's the sliced bagel? How can our emotional vocabulary be complete without a teddy ...