To trace the birth of the yellow smiley face we think of today, we need to fast forward all the way to … See more

Moving into the 1980s … another happy face emerged in the digital space. The creation of the emoticon is credited to Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott Fahlman, w… See more

In the late 1990s, Japanese mobile phone users used text chatting just as much as phone calls. (Crazy, right?) In response, Japanese phone companies developed sets of pict… See more