“Boba is Cantonese slang for big boobs. Or a more literal translation could be dominatrix of breasts.” On a recent afternoon, designer and creative director Yiying Lu sat in the corner of a downtown ...

For the uninitiated, emoji are special characters, like a winking face, dancing girl or, yes, pile of poop. They’re approved and distributed by the Unicode Consortium, which creates guidelines needed ...

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While many of us tap out these symbols to our family and friends, there are no universal usage rules for emoji: no grammar, no meanings. No syntax. But Fred Benenson, the visionary who gave you “Emoji ...

Google Meet's in-meeting emoji reactions feature is finally coming to users this January, several months since the search giant announced it. The tech behemoth confirmed that it is on its way to ...

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The hotly contested digital sticker space has a new face in it today: Sm@rt Stickrs is a startup that’s aiming to elbow its way into your messaging affections with a new type of emoji that gets ...

A long, long time ago (Feb. 2021, to be exact), Google said it's adding emoji reacts to Google Meet. Well, it's finally happening (though not everywhere and not right away). In a blog post published ...

As distance learning continues, Google Meet is rolling out a handful of new features, including emoji reactions to help students better express themselves and more moderation controls for teachers.

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Ever tried but failed to find an emoji to describe that certain je ne sais quoi while you’re texting a friend? Wish you could take the best of the “surprised face” emoji and add a bit of “smiling cat” ...

“Boba is Cantonese slang for big boobs. Or a more literal translation could be dominatrix of breasts.” On a recent afternoon, designer and creative director Yiying Lu sat in the corner of a downtown ...