The clapping hands emoji: When used repetitively in a row, it signifies applause, but as any social media user by now understands, that is not the emoji's primary placement in the world of Twitter.

Twitter is pouring a little more fuel on the messaging fire. It has added a heart+ button to its direct messaging interface, which lets users shortcut to a pop-up menu of seven emoji reactions so they ...

All of the thumbs up emojis! (And perhaps a clapping emoji, too.) Apple has just pushed out its much-anticipated suite of racially diverse emojis with its new iOS 8.3. Users of the adorable icons have ...

Jesse Hill just took emoji videos to another level, guys. Hill took Beyoncé's popular single "Drunk in Love" and gave it the emoji treatment by putting together a sequence of our favorite Japanese ...

is a reporter with five years of experience covering consumer tech releases, EU tech policy, online platforms, and mechanical keyboards. Twitter is testing emoji reactions for tweets that go beyond a ...

Anyone with a smartphone and a taste for tacos (so pretty much all of San Diego) will welcome this news: There may be a taco emoji as early as next year! And a burrito emoji! If your reaction was like ...