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The Unicode Consortium has formally approved Emoji 15.1, meaning a batch of new emoji will appear on your devices at some point in the future. New additions include a shaking head, a phoenix, a lime, and a broken chain.

Emojipedia's renderings of what some of the new emoji in Emoji 15.1 might look like. | Image: Emojipedia There are new emoji on the way... eventually. As reported by Emojipedia, the Unicode Consortium has formally approved Emoji 15.1, meaning a batch of new emoji will appear on your devices at some point in the future. There aren't quite as many additions to the emoji lineup as there have been in previous releases. The brand new emoji are a head shaking horizontally, a head shaking ver...

New emoji are technically all modifications of existing designs.

Singapore study reveals how emoji are particularly useful as they can help communicate some messages more effectively than purely verbal communication. CNA – Early in July, a Canadian farmer was ordered to pay CAD82,000 (USD62,000) in damages by a court that ruled that the thumbs-up emoji he had added in reply to a text message was just […]

MusicMagpie surveyed 2,000 Britons to reveal the top tech faux pas theyd committed at work or in their personal life.

The future probably contains more emoji-laden lawsuits, rather than fewer.

Whether it’s a smiling moon or a rocket ship, judges and juries are increasingly having to determine the meaning of pictograms

Early this month, a Canadian farmer was ordered to pay C$82,000 (S$82,468) in damages by a court that ruled that the thumbs-up emoji he had added in reply to a text message was just as valid as a signature.

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Twitter's big rebrand involved putting up an interim logo. Only a couple of days later, an updated version has arrived, but it won't be around for long.