How cool would it be if your kid's teacher could gauge his/her happiness through some 'device'? A new questionnaire based on emoticon-style facial expressions could help teachers and others who work ...

With three simple keystrokes, Scott Fahlman brought a smile to the internet. In a 1982 message board post, Fahlman, a computer scientist at Carnegie-Mellon University, proposed using typographical ...

EVER NOTICED those funny faces made up of punctuation marks and symbols used in e-mail and chat room messages? Those creative keystrokes are called 'emoticons' - a combination of the words 'emotion' ...

The Internet clearly crosses cultural boundaries, but it may not always transcend them. That's the conclusion of some research (the author has made a PDF available) that looks into how people ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In today’s hyper-connected world, no online conversation or chat would be complete without the ever-present emoji as an efficient shorthand for expressing one’s feelings or vibe. But before there were ...