Creating the first emoji

During the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese VietCong guerrillas built a vast network of tunnels in the south of the country as part of the insurgency against the South Vietnamese government and their American allies. The tunnel network was a key base and shelter for the North Vietna ...  عرض المزيد

It's 10 years since a Hong Kong bookseller who was detained for selling material critical of China’s leaders, was released and went public.In 2015, Lam Wing-Kee and four other men who published and sold books went missing. The case of the booksellers raised international concerns ...  عرض المزيد

We send 10 billion of them every day. Where do they come from? Zachary Crockett hearts this topic.

🙏 Is this emoji praying hands or a high five? 🍚 What's the best present for celebrating a billion seconds? 💼 For the first time we have Any Other Business WITH SPECIAL GUESTS!If you want a collectable (and mistake-ridden) copy of ‘Love Triangle’, with a special, limited editio ...  عرض المزيد

Emoji are those little images you can send in text messages to friends and family. Nine-year-old Leila in New Jersey wants to know how they were invented. So in this episode we find out with Jane Solomon, editor at Emojipedia< ...

Rerun: The first ever emoji set, including the earliest incarnations of 🍷, ❤️, and 💩, was released in Japan on 1st November, 1997. But the only users could send and receive them were owners of a now-forgotten ‘SkyWalker’ handset made by J-Phone. ☹️ Emoji didn’t truly transform ...  عرض المزيد