It's been a while since the Unicode Emoji Consortium released its sixth set of proposed emojis last June, with a follow up in August (which offered up a drunken face and unhappy poo, oddly enough).

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Apple’s next iPhone event doesn’t start until Tuesday, but the internet has been set ablaze with new rumblings after a newly leaked final build of iOS 11 hit the web this weekend. The leak confirmed a ...

The Unicode Consortium, the organization charged with selecting and overseeing emojis, is having a shit fit. According to a new report from BuzzFeed, the group has erupted into a civil war over ...

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Emoji are having a moment. The yellow smileys and prayer hands and grinning poop symbols may have worked their way into popular culture years ago, but the glyphs seem to have reached ...

Your browser does not support the video element. Google's Gboard created a new way to mix and match emoji. The combination works on 130 emoji, allowing over 800 ...

Grab your phone, and have a look at your frequently used emojis. What do you see? Prayer hands? Fire? An octopus, for some reason? If you’re Canadian, there’s probably a poop emoji in there somewhere.