We may not spend a lot of time thinking about the emoticons we insert into our emails and text messages, but it turns out that they reveal something interesting about the way we perceive facial ...

This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog. Do you remember seeing your first emoticon? The first documented use of “:-)” dates back to 1982, when Scott Fahlman proposed that it be used ...

Rainbow reached for the winking face emoticon, which Smiley describes as ‘aesthetic appreciation’. “Da Bomb is effectively giving the young generation that stamp of approval,” he explains. “The wink ...

Emoticons, however, have much more nuance, at least in terms of interpretation and creativity when forming them. They were the best way to wordlessly convey emotion or intention when chatting ...

Pro tip: Keep the smiley faces out of your work emails, or else the person receiving the message may think you’re incompetent. That’s according to a study published in “Social Psychological ...

It's rare for Microsoft products to invoke a pleasant sense of nostalgia, but MSN Messenger is a piece of software that does. The instant messaging software has been long dead, with Microsoft ...

Today emoticons are so pervasive that behavioral science has taken an active interest in how people use them. Among the evidence (recently surveyed by Roni Jacobson at the great new Science of Us ...

Scott Fahlman, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, posted the first emoticon at 11:44 a.m. 25 years ago. GENE J. PUSKAR/ASSOCIATED PRESS PITTSBURGH — It was a serious contribution to the ...

You can use the code block to show them the exact code and syntax<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>And what if the intent of the type is not to imply the emoticon but something else?<P>What if someone writes a ...

May 27, 2013&#151; -- intro: Emoticons can help us to either completely lose our minds or retain our sanity as we communicate with one another online and through texts. While a passive aggressive ...