The classic smiley face emoji now means something completely different to those under 30. Instead of conveying happiness , the grinning yellow face is now seen as dismissive, passive-aggressive ...

From a simple thumbs up to a laughing cowboy, there is an emoji for almost any conceivable moment. But it is the humble smiley face which is the most iconic of them all. However, if you've been ...

Of course the smiley face wasn’t always just an emoji. It actually has a steeper history that’s older than any Gen Z. According to The Guardian, the smiley face was invented in 1963 “as a ...

From the thumbs-up emoji to the peach and eggplant, testers across the country are shocked to discover the true meaning of these seemingly innocent emoticons. Although misusing certain emojis can ...

The upside-down smiley face emoji was released in Apple emojis in 2015. However, Google released their own version in 2008 and it has been around ever since. Most read in Tech.

Waving hand, smiley face, thumbs up. Word of Mouth's Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright have been looking at emoji - possibly the world's first truly global form of communication.

Dubai: One afternoon in 2016, I received a smiley face emoji under one of my WeChat Moments post. WeChat Moments is a Chinese social media platform that is similar to Facebook, but the post ...