Fahlman off-handedly suggested denoting humorous posts with a text smiley face: :-) And so the first text emoticon was born, 40 years ago today, on Sept. 19, 1982. People have been using text ...

Of course, language does change when it’s used to text or write messages ... is a visual representation of a smiley face turned sideways. Although an emoticon may look like a smile, a frown ...

Women are twice as likely as men to use emoticons in text messages, according to a new study. Women are twice as likely as men to use emoticons in text messages, according to a new study from Rice ...

My gripe with emoticons has little to do with my fogeyism. I may be over 40 and need reading glasses to text, but who loves the smiley and its ancillary symbols more than your grandma? Unlike the ...

Here are the links to our three most amazing finds for free fonts, symbols and faces for you to use at any time. Cool Text Symbols– In this site you can find text symbols mostly every symbols ...

Today, on the 40th birthday of the original emoticon ... fully express ourselves via text without Fahlman’s pioneering another way to communicate. Computing Emoticons Icon Internet memes ...

“When it comes to text-based communication ... Kurita wound up with 176 crude symbols ranging from smiley faces to music notes. This feature proved so popular that the other Japanese telecoms ...

Women are twice as likely as men to use emoticons in text messages, according to a new study from Rice University. The symbols, which began as happy and sad smiling faces but have since morphed ...