When iChat encounters a smiley shortcut combination, it converts the text into the matching graphic prior to sending the message. While some people find smileys cute and useful, ...

Comedian Rickey Smiley announced the death of his oldest son, Brandon Smiley, on Sunday. The elder Smiley shared the sad news about his 32-year-old son in a video on his verified Instagram account ...

The ubiquitous yellow smiley face symbol was created in 1963. Found out the story of this amazingly simple but effective morale booster.

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 ...

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is introducing several new features and shortcuts to its Messenger app. Most notably, the company is adding a new Slack-like “@everyone” functionality that ...

If you're over making text emoticons and want to add a few emojis to emphasize how you feel in your message, here's how to insert them in your Microsoft Outlook emails on desktop and mobile. How ...

The latest version of Google Hangouts for Android (and the Chrome extension for Windows) adds something clever to your chatting experience: 20 new hidden emoticon shortcuts so you can properly ...

Also for iOS users, the shortcut /shrug & /tableflip will arrive, which are two old emoticons, that is, text-based. The first one shrugs his shoulders and the second turns the table to add drama.

Are you wondering what the tiny blue dot and smiley face emoji mean in Snapchat's chat window? Don't worry. We've got you covered.