Thumbs down emoji in the various skintones offered by Apple (edit by Jasmine Weber for Hyperallergic) In recent years, emoji have become more inclusive toward different cultural backgrounds and ...

App Review appears to be more strictly enforcing rules regarding the use of Apple intellectual property in third party apps, which now includes emoji. Developers are reporting that their apps are now ...

After several months of testing, Google Messages users on Android are now able to see emoji that iPhone users send. In a blog post on Thursday morning, Google revealed that the feature to translate ...

If you’re old enough to remember the outrage that followed Twitter’s decision to replace stars with hearts (aka likes instead of favorites), then you know that Twitter’s user base has strong feelings ...