On September 19, 1982, Carnegie Mellon University computer science research assistant professor Scott Fahlman posted a message to the university’s bulletin board software that would later come to ...

How a simple line drawing of a smiley face became a global shorthand for brands to connect with people on an emotional level When Franklin Loufrani trademarked the now iconic smiling face symbol in ...

It astounds me that people could be so imbecilic and lobotomized as to take something that is so gargantuan in its ...

The humble smiley face emoticon, now a staple of online communication, owes its origin to a physics joke that didn't hit quite right at Carnegie Mellon University in 1982—and the three days of ...

There was a time, back in the ‘Stone Age’ of 2015, when a simple laughing emoji was enough to show you were laughing. If you were feeling bold, you’d throw in a fire or a love emoji.But walk into any ...