A security researcher claims to have discovered a way to hide extra information inside emoji.

Emoji date back to 1999 when they first appeared on Japanese cell phones. But it’s history goes further than that, because ...

This is especially true for the emoji we use to express love … or is it passion? Heartbreak, maybe? Truth is, there’s a surprising range of heart emoji meanings. To get the scoop, we spoke ...

‘emoji’ means ‘pictograph’ in Japanese. The ‘E’ stands for picture or drawing and ‘moji’ denotes letter and character. Emoticons are expressions of emotions while emojis are used to explain things. So ...

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