Can you decipher these ancient hieroglyphics? In the age of hyper-evolving tech, the innovative emojis of today make those of yesteryear — read: 20 to 30 years ago — seem digitally prehistoric.

July 17th is World Emoji Day. And according to an expert in the fun little emoticons, there’s a lot to celebrate, as five billion messages featuring at least one are used daily — via Facebook alone.

Can you imagine a world where you text without emojis? Here’s how it all started. Japanese characters, or "kanji," are largely based on Chinese ideograms, whose writing system is already highly ...

Can you believe that the first emoji was only created in the late 1990s? Before this, we could use emoticons, which were just a representation of a face using the keys on a keyboard. In only around 30 ...

As the designer of the first emoji for cellphones, Shigetaka Kurita periodically fields requests that he expand the lexicon of the pictogram-like characters. Ranging from symbols for food items like a ...