On Apple, Unicode, and why there's a love hotel emoji on your smartphone

On Apple, Unicode, and why there's a love hotel emoji on your smartphone   It has been a while since the first emoticons were officially proposed and documented. That happened back in 1982, when texting wasn't even a thing yet and mobile phones were usually found in luxury cars, not in pockets. Today, over three decades later, we have smileys built right into smartphones' on-screen keyboards. All three major platforms – iOS, Android, and Windows Phone – offer hundreds of cute little pictures that can be inserted in chats, ranging from smiling and frowny faces to... a love hotel and a pile of poo. Read more >