Group texts can be useful—or total chaos. Here's how to stop annoying everyone in your chat with some simple etiquette rules.

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In the latest Google Messages beta, these full-screen effects will now automatically play for you (and your texting partner, if they're also on the beta) when you send them certain emoji in Google ...

Are you guilty of overusing the monkey covering its eyes emoji? Do you find it impossible to send a text without tacking on a laughing-crying face? Much like choosing between a full stop or an ...

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The app is now testing the ability to trigger Screen Effects with a single emoji in the latest beta release. Google Messages recently upgraded its Screen Effects feature by adding support for ...

NTT Docomo will phase out its proprietary set of emoji — known as Docomo Emoji — starting with smartphones released in late June, according to an announcement from the telecom giant ...

Social media companies are not doing all they can to help users avoid abuse and harassment on their platforms. Here’s how to ...

I worry, though, that the set might soon go on the fritz because I so often press the mute button on its remote. What I mute—turning my head away from the television screen—is commercials ...

The new face with bags under its eyes is one of the latest emoji. Many people can use it now. Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his ...