Estate planning attorney notes how emojis are crossing over from casual conversation to litigation. What was once dismissed as 'just an emoji' is now carefully scrutinized.

But for some of the younger lot, sending a particular smiley face might instead be a whole opposite from being all friendly and fun. Seems using this emoji isn't so smiley (Screenshot) To be fair ...

The classic smiley face emoji now means something completely different ... How to Build Trust and Connection, No Matter the Distance, older generations tend to take emojis at face value, while ...

From a simple thumbs up to a laughing cowboy, there is an emoji for almost any conceivable moment. But it is the humble smiley face which is ... Trust and Connection, No Matter the Distance ...

No one knows exactly what the emoji means, but there’s underlying sexual energy to it and I’m here for it. 6. The purple, devil-y smiley face 😈 Nothing says “I’m flirting with you ...

Yes, it was a charming celestial lineup, but it was never going to look like a classic smiley face emoji. Image posted by ... there's simply no way to see that kind of smiling cosmic display.” ...

In a letter to a relative, he wrote: “I prize [Ann] too for perhaps what no man else would ... he drew a smiley face that resembles a modern emoji. Anemaat said the drawing was a bit of fun.

It's more chit-chatty and friendly than email; plus it makes emoji at work acceptable. Using emoji in work emails may look unprofessional. On Slack, however -- no such problem. "It's weird ...

probably It could be used for watermarking or bypassing human moderation A security researcher claims to have discovered a way to hide extra information inside emoji. Paul Butler explained how he ...

Eight new emoji characters have been proposed, including hairy creature (like Bigfoot), distorted face, fight cloud ... and shaking head horizontally (a "no" head shake).