Missouri’s Republican Speaker of the House, John Diehl, resigned Thursday after his incredibly boring sexts with a 19-year-old capitol intern became public. “I am willing to face the consequences,” he announced. :kiss emoji:
Emoji God Is Dead
They took Christ out of the classroom, and now they're coming for your iPhone: the new version of iOS has erased the radiant glory of God from the prayer hands emoji.
The Lost Emoji
This summer, a very small council of people you've never heard of will make a very large pop-cultural impact when they release dozens of new emoji. But this crop of tiny phone art had to be narrowed down from a much larger bunch, which means we're likely missing out on what would've been some amazing specimens.
The Silk Road Trial Is Treating Emoji as Evidence
The trial of Ross Ulbricht—the man the federal government says was behind The Silk Road—has been a kind of legal coming-out party for the darker corners of the internet. Jurors have had to acquaint themselves with things like the anonymizing browser Tor, and Ulbricht's surprise defense involved the disgraced…
NYPD Arrests Teen for Making Emoji "Threats" on Facebook
The NYPD takes threats against police very seriously. So seriously, in fact, that a 17-year-old was arrested on Sunday for allegedly threatening police officers with emojis on his Facebook page.
ALERT: The Pear Emoji Has Overtaken Rick Ross' Instagram Comments
The pear emoji is not one of the world's most popular emoji, it's safe to say. How often are you eating a pear and wanting to text someone about your pear? As of this writing, per the invaluable Emoji Tracker, ":pear:" is the 570th most used emoji in the world. It has its place, and that's outside of the emoji upper…
In Praise of Gmail's Perfect, Doomed Emoji
Do you see this crab, running back and forth, clacking his claws in eager anticipation? Can you make this crab on your iPhone? No. But you can make it in Gmail.
No, the Praying Hands Emoji Is Not a "High Five"
ABC 6 in Philadelphia suggested today that the praying hands emoji—one used to express faith, gratitude, or a general "Jesus take the wheel" attitude—is actually a "high five." ABC 6 in Philadelphia is wrong.
Conan O'Brien is a Master Emoji Reader
As we move to emoji-exclusive communication, it's important to be able to decipher the multivalence of the tiny cartoons that have become the de facto shorthand for expressing...everything. If you have ever received a text that is only emoji, perhaps perplexed by what it actually says, much less means, Conan O'Brien…
Hundreds of New Emoji Coming to Replace More Words
It is safe to say that as we enter the summer of 2014, emoji demand is outpacing emoji supply. There are so many emoji, and yet, so many more words, so many emotions we can't yet ironically express via tiny images in text messages. That list, though, has dwindled: phones will soon be able to recognize up to 250 more…
This Is the Most 2014 Shirt of 2014
Remember this one for the 2024 slideshows: a new Beyoncé shirt by Beyoncé that features the "surfboard" meme and the surfing emoji.
Beyoncé's "Drunk in Love," Translated Into Emoji
Someone whose texting game is seriously on point has translated "Drunk in Love" (one of the top 14 songs on the latest album by world's best Beyoncé Beyoncé Knowles) entirely into emoji.
This All-Emoji New Yorker Cover Is the Best New Yorker Cover That Never Ran
In honor of the annual Eustace Tilley contest at The New Yorker, in which readers submit their reinterpretations of the magazine's dandyish mascot for the cover, editor Silvia Killingsworth dug up this 2009 interpretation by Fred Benenson — a rendition consisting entirely of the Emoji, the built-in iPhone text icons.…
'Father of Emoticons' Says Emoji Are Ugly, Lack Creativity
Professor Scott Fahlman, a Carnegie Mellon computer scientist widely credited with creating the smiley emoticon, has spoken out against the graphic rendition of his beloved invention, calling it "ugly," and unimaginative.
