character code is important. In the past, different character codes were used for each country and language, but at the time of article creation, it can be said that they are almost unified to Unicode ...

Unicode launched version 14.0 of its language coding standard on Tuesday, complete with 37 new emojis, over 800 new characters and support for lesser-used languages and symbols. The new emojis include ...

The Unicode Consortium is a rather mysterious entity. Its stated goal is straightforward: to "enable people around the world to use computers in any language." The organization tracks every character ...

Jules joined the Android Police team in 2019. He currently produces videos, creates art for our stories, and edits our podcast. Before that, he wrote features and news, managed our weekend content, ...

This past summer, the Unicode Consortium introduced about 250 new standard emoji, including a spider web, sunglasses and a hand giving the middle finger. Conspicuously missing from the emoji catalog, ...

Thanks to pressure from Apple, a new set of emojis will not contain a rifle. The Unicode Consortium -- the shadowy overlords who approve and code new emojis -- said Friday that a depiction of a scoped ...

Emoji might be one of the fastest-growing communication methods of the digital age, but a lot of people probably think the whole thing is silly. Yes, there are very creative rebus-like forms of emoji ...