Making it easier to type using emoji is something a number of companies are working on. Microsoft’s SwiftKey is testing an app that offers emoji suggestions as you type, for example. Google’s iOS ...

If somebody has turned an emoji into a tag, you’ll be able to click on that emoji to see other people talking about it. In other news, please join my waffle club. Follow topics and authors from this ...

As of yesterday, you can officially include emoji characters in hashtags on Instagram. That cute picture of your new dog? Emoji-tag it. Your day at the beach? Throw a palm emoji-tag on it. Or the sun, ...

Google has made it easy to change your entire library of emoji inside of Gboard to different skin tones, with the goal being to save users a ton of time. Before this change, users would need to select ...