Cities are full of icons and symbols—a visual vernacular that conveys both necessary information and a sense of place to visitors and residents. Wayfinding icons and street signs help people navigate ...

KAYAK is introducing 10 searchable emoji/city combinations, including the Statue of Liberty emoji for New York City and a slot machine for Las Vegas, to help would-be travelers kick off their next ...

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Mexico City is calling upon its designers to picture the city in emoji. The city government just launched an open design competition to create 20 new emoji that symbolize the city and its residents, ...

We, the people of the internet, love emoji. We use them to joke. We express how we feel. We chide. And the ways we use those emoji---which ones, when, why, how---say a lot about us. As such, our ...

NEW YORK — Lovers of emoji, the cute graphics that punctuate online writing and texts, will soon be able to pick from different skin tones on Apple devices. Apple Inc. has incorporated more diverse ...

According to a new tool that tracks positivity expressed using emojis on Twitter in major cities, D.C. ranks as the world’s most negative city. According to the data, only 69.8 percent of tweets ...

During roughly 13 minutes of public comment at a City Council meeting August 6, seven Manhattan Beach residents vocalized concerns about what has become colloquially known as “The Emoji House.” The ...

The emojis will be flying at mobile game publisher Jam City today, which just announced a big licensing partnership with Disney in mobile gaming. Under the deal, Los Angeles-based Jam City will ...