Don't expect to see new flags in your phone's emoji any time soon. The Unicode Consortium has warned it will "no longer accept proposals" for flag emoji, regardless of category. They're more trouble ...

The Unicode Consortium has finalized and released version 16.0 of the Unicode standard, the elaborate character set that ensures that our phones, tablets, PCs, and other devices can all communicate ...

Quantitative data about emoji usage reveals a lot about their role in language—and how they help us express emotions we have no words for. Unicode Consortium is the standard bearer of emoji. The ...

An acquaintance recently told me that he has been mistakenly referring to flamingos as penguins. Hopefully, the latest batch of emoji from coding consortium Unicode will help him address this problem ...

The Unicode Consortium today has officially announced Unicode 10, which includes a host of new emojis for users to take advantage of. The release consists of 56 new emoji characters, a set of Typicon ...

Welkom in 2017. Het Unicode consortium, de organisatie die beslissingen maakt over welke emoji we allemaal er bij krijgen, heeft interne stress. De organisatie bestaat al 24 jaar, maar de laatste paar ...

In mei diende Google een voorstel in bij Unicode voor dertien nieuwe vrouwen emoji’s. De Unicode Emoji Subcommittee heeft het voorstel nu goedgekeurd. Google pleitte voor meer geslachtsopties bij ...

It’s been essentially confirmed in the past, but today the Unicode Consortium officially unveiled the 72 new emoji that will be made available in Unicode 9. The latest batch of emoji include a variety ...

The Unicode Consortium has released version 12.0 of its Unicode Standard. The group is behind emojis and generally making sure text typed on one device can be displayed on another device. The release ...

After months of anticipation and (apparently) some debate, 72 new emoji characters are officially on their way to smartphones everywhere as part of Unicode 9.0. The emoji keyboard update, released to ...

The Unicode Consortium today announced that it is delaying version 14 of the Unicode Standard by six months, and the delay will affect emoji that were scheduled to be included as part of the update.