Scrolling through Instagram recently, I saw a picture that an old friend from high school had posted of his dad with the caption announcing his father’s death. It was terrible news, and I immediately ...

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).

Emoji may be the future of communication, and Facebook is embracing them with open arms. The social network is trying out emoji reactions in Ireland and Spain that augment the standard ‘Like’ button.