Facebook emoticons are an easy way to make your Facebook updates stand out and show how you feel without using a dozen words to explain that you have a broken heart and need a drink. This guide will ...

Social network tries to make things easier with more expressions to use in status updates. Sure%2C facial looks can powerfully communicate%2C but emoticons are bare-bones imitations. Words allow us to ...

Washington, Feb 7 (PTI) Scientists have developed a new computer model that can decode how people use emoticons to express themselves on social media platforms like Facebook. The computer model – ...

Those who logged into Facebook recently might have noticed some new faces—emoticons that users can now tack on to their status updates. These emoticons are highly engineered: Facebook teamed up with a ...

We already know there's a tie between emojis usage and sex, but a new study just found that emoticons are impacting our love lives in more ways — and this time it's all about Facebook jealousy. The ...

Emoticons no longer have to be anonymous smiley faces representing simple emotions. Facebook Chat now lets you use the profile picture of any user, official Page, or event on the service as an ...

The next time you comment on a friend's Facebook post, you can include emoticons — those old-school icons that appear when you type a prescribed set of characters such as :-). Unlike Facebook mobile ...

“We’ve heard from our community that listing ‘feeling fat’ as an option for status updates could reinforce negative body image, particularly for people struggling with eating disorders,” Facebook said ...

Prepare to drive your friends nuts on Facebook ... with emoticons.Previously limited to Facebook messages and chat, a large number of emoticons will now appear in Facebook comments. This means that ...

Facebook engineer Arturo Bejar talked to the folks over at Popular Science, discussing how the new emoticons available for Messenger were created. In early 2012, the engineer crossed paths with a UC ...

Facebook is rolling out a new feature that looks like a whimsical blast of 1990s nostalgia. Starting with a limited number of U.S. users, the site is encouraging people to share how they’re feeling or ...

Heads up, iPhone users. The next time you post a Facebook status update from your phone, you'll be able to add an icon showing what you're feeling, reading, watching, or eating - a la vintage MySpace.