The emoticon has been upgraded and animated, loved and hated. Emoticons have graced gadgets, T-shirts and more. Witness the emoticon’s lasting impact, and smile if you can.

A La Crosse man who tried to use a computer to facilitate a child sex crime has lost his appeal. John Jacques, 60, engaged in sexually graphic online conversations with ...

The makers of an SMS-enhancement app give a head's up of what to expect when text messages get emoticons, animations, and the color treatment.

This story originally appeared on LearnVest as "Stop Putting Smiley Face Emojis in Your Work Emails, Cool? :)" There are two types of people in this world — those who think emojis are merely ...