NEW YORK (AP) – Lovers of emojis, the cute graphics that punctuate online writing and texts, will soon be able to pick from different skin tones and depictions of families with two moms or two dads on ...

If you’re someone who has ever overanalyzed a text from a crush—which, hello, is literally all of us all the time—chances are you’ve found yourself wondering what the color of the heart emoji they ...

There are emoji for pears, koalas, and jack-o’-lanterns; for a pine tree, a pizza slice, and a dragon’s head on a plate. But there are no emoji for black people. That seems likely to change soon: ...

Apple and Google engineers proposed new and different skin tones for emojis in hopes of creating more diverse symbols to represent human beings. Emojis were supposed to be "neutral" symbols for people ...

Facebook Messenger users who have been waiting for emojis that are more reflective of the diversity in the world are in luck. In a post on its Messenger app page, Facebook announced that it has ...

Heath Racela identifies as three-quarters white and one-quarter Filipino. When texting, he chooses a yellow emoji instead of a skin tone option, because he feels it doesn't represent any specific ...