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 ...

Happy birthday to the emoticon -- the sideways smiley-face that changed the way we communicate emotion online.Consisting of three keyboard strokes (colon, hyphen, close parentheses), the popular ...

Forms of communication are evolving and expanding, as evidenced by the incorporation of emoticons and emojis into our written communication. Emoji is a Japanese word used to refer to images or ...

The sideways "smiley face", often referred to as the first emoticon, turns thirty years old today. Scott E. Fahlman came up with the idea during a bulletin board post on September 19, 1982 as a way to ...

Ever wonder why certain happy emoticons, or smileys, have carets (^^) for eyes? Research suggests that emoticons with expressive eyes appeal to Asian (more specifically, Japanese) users because of ...

After trialling the use of emoticons and tags for posts with a small group of American users, the use of the tags has been rolled out to more users in the US. According to TechCrunch, the tagging ...

To mark five decades of Smiley, Creative Review commissioned five exclusive artworks to explore how brands can build an emotional connection In 2022, the Smiley brand turns 50. Over that time, the ...

Diwali is a festival of lights also known as Deepawali. On the occasion, people get ready to light up diyas, and firecrackers with their friends and family. However, if you don’t get a chance to be ...