Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for example, smiley face, love hearts. A smaller proportion of the emoji sent are sad expressions.

Every year, the Unicode Consortium decides on new emoji characters that will be coming to smartphones and other devices in ...

A glasses-wearing schoolboy is demanding that Apple change the name of the ‘nerd’ emoji. Teddy Cottle, 10, thinks the current smiley face, which features thick-rimmed glasses and prominent ...