Today there are north of 3,500 accepted emoji characters. They appear in politics, movies, texts, our sex lives, and more. But emoji’s impact has never been explored in full. Keith Houston follows ...

His first emoji depicted foutou, a staple Ivorian dish often made of mashed plantains and ground cassava flour. It clearly struck a chord; the app was downloaded 10,000 times in the first three days.

Companies can no longer afford to ignore the use of emojis in the workplace, and should take steps to update their social media policies. This was some of the main takeaways from a webinar titled ...

Moreover, some emojis are understood differently across various cultures, leading to misinterpretations. For example, the thumbs up emoji might be seen as a sign of approval in some countries ...