People using the little icons that denote happy, sad or other emotions in their text messages could be racking up big bills, the BBC has learned. Consumer website MoneySavingExpert, external has ...

Emoticons such as smiley and sad faces are changing the way our brain works, Australian researchers have claimed. They say the use of the punctuation faces trigger parts of the brain usually reserved ...

Mobile phone firms are hitting customers with huge bills for sending messages with emojis. Smartphone users are being charged up to 40p each - three times the cost of a normal text message - for ...

Gauging how workers are feeling could soon be a matter of simply assessing the frequency of smiley versus sad faces for EY managers. The professional services giant is piloting a program with Sydney ...

PITTSBURGH — It was a serious contribution to the electronic lexicon. Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott Fahlman says, he was the first to use three keystrokes — a colon ...