A Twitter account called @EmojiMashupBot has been programmed to do the Lord’s work—taking two emojis and blending them together to birth a single beautiful new emoji. It may not sound like much at ...

For the uninitiated, emoji are special characters, like a winking face, dancing girl or, yes, pile of poop. They’re approved and distributed by the Unicode Consortium, which creates guidelines needed ...

I am an emoji scrooge. I’m very stingy with them, a real smiley miser. I groan when I see a string of them in a group chat. I send them only to my sister, mother, grandma and – in very, very extreme ...

Every so often, the sun shines on Twitter. Emoji Weather USA is just one of many bot-driven weather accounts on Twitter. However, this bot is a little special because it shows its forecast using only ...

Timi is a news and deals writer who's been reporting on technology for over a decade. He loves breaking down complex subjects into easy-to-read pieces that keep you informed. But his recent passion ...

Every year, the Unicode Consortium, the organization which oversees emoji development, adds new emoji ranging from hand gestures to objects. Now a bot on Twitter is trying to create fresh emoji by ...

Twitter in 2017 [or the era of Donald Trump] can be a noisy and anxiety-inducing place. If our feeds aren't bursting with shouty all-caps Twitter rants about politics, they're brimming with news ...

Need some music inspiration? A new Facebook Messenger bot might be able to help. Apple recently rolled out an Apple Music Messenger Bot that allows users to find new tunes via a simple chat or even an ...

If you’ve been dying to swap your face out for emoji but Snapchat isn’t your thing, there’s now a Twitter bot that will do it for you – and it’s sort of fun. All you have to do is send an image of ...

Ever tried but failed to find an emoji to describe that certain je ne sais quoi while you’re texting a friend? Wish you could take the best of the “surprised face” emoji and add a bit of “smiling cat” ...