Last month, the Unicode Consortium, a group that oversees the way text is coded into computer-readable language, published a new draft proposal that outlined not just the addition of 37 new emoji ...

Anyone who’s ever received or sent a text message knows how easily the medium lends itself to misinterpretation. Some people overcompensate for this by spiking their missives with exclamation points.

Is a text thread really a text thread without a few smiley face emojis? IMHO, the answer is no — and I’ve got scientific research on my side. Yes, emojis brighten up a message and make endless lines ...