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A woman holds the poop emoji at Emojicon in Brooklyn, New York

Why There Are No Interracial Emoji Couples, And Everything Else I Learned at Emojicon

Ten hours into Emojicon, I finally get it.
By Joe Lazauskas
Pam Grossman

Pam Grossman Brings Modern Witchcraft to a Podcast and Emojis

As a curator, historian and a witch, Pam Grossman sees creativity as a form of magic.
By Margaret Carrigan
A ceramic jug found in Karkemish that dates to 1,700 B.C.

Archaeologists Just Discovered a 4,000-Year-Old Emoji in Turkey

The universal symbol for happiness may be older than we thought.
By Alanna Martinez
Events like the Supreme Court's same-sex marriage ruling led to a new definition of "identity," so Dictionary.com made the term its word of the year. (Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year Thankfully Isn’t an Emoji

By John Bonazzo
In a year when an emoji was Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year, it makes sense there were several tech terms on the shortlist. (Photo: Screenshot)

Tech Terms Dominated Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year Shortlist

By John Bonazzo

‘The Soup’ Emoji Movie Trailer Is Better Than an Actual Emoji Movie

By John Bonazzo
Six new reactions debut in Spain and Ireland today on iOS, android, and desktop. (Photo courtesy of Facebook)

Love, Haha, Wow, Sad, Angry: Facebook Debuts New Reaction Emojis

By Grace Guarnieri
Misha Nonoo

Misha Nonoo Texted Us to Explain Her Instagram Fashion Show

By Dena Silver

11 Classic Artworks Reimagined as Emoji Mosaics

By Sage Lazzaro
Vera Balyura at Verameat on 132 N 5th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn by Arman Dzidzovic/New York Observer

Will You Join the Celeb Fans of This Morbid and Nightmarish Jewelry Label?

By Drew Grant

Is Your Emoji Message Getting Lost in Translation Between Apple and Android?

By Brady Dale and Sage Lazzaro
Security expert Erik Cabetas says that if you don't want one of these guys hacking your bank account, don't use emoji as your password. (Photo: Erik Cabetas)

Security Expert: Emoji Passwords Are A Bad Idea for Banks

By John Bonazzo
This may be how you feel reading about the plural of emoji.

What Is the Plural of Emoji?

By Matthew Kassel

‘Seinfeld’ Is Becoming a Smart Phone-Using, Binge-Watching Millennial

By Vinnie Mancuso

‘I Have No Words’: Talking Emoji at Eyebeam

By Laura C. Mallonee

Best Tech Events This Week (Computer Science Education Week, Emoji Art Show, ITP Winter Show, Forbes Hackathon, Startup Grind)

By Gary Sharma

Startup Rundown: Betterific Improves the Future of Bed Sheets, and GroupMe Lets you Communicate Via Images of Squirrels

By Jordyn Taylor
(Photo: Scroogled)

Booting Up: TelePod is a Terrible Name

By Jessica Roy

Thanks to iOS5, Emoji May Soon Become the International Language of Love (and Ninjas and Crying and Eyerolls)

By Nitasha Tiku
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