Meanwhile, of the cartoon symbols released this year, the most popular were the pink, gray and blue hearts and the shaking face. Notably absent from the rankings was the ubiquitous thumbs-up sign.

I’ve never really been a fan of the thumbs-up emoji, largely because it has historically been associated with dads, and as a young man hurtling into his thirties with an escalating appetite for ...

Be careful how you emoji in the future, after a Canadian judge ruled that sending someone a "thumbs-up" symbol in a message can potentially enter you into a legally binding contract. The King's ...

Sorry to thumbs up emoji fans but it seems the younger generation thinks of it a bit differently to their elders. While it started life as a humble symbol of agreement or a job well done ...