All it takes is two characters from the alphabet of the Indian language Telugu to crash an array of Apple devices. If one of the two symbols is sent to a texting app on an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or even ...

American Standard Code for Information Interchange, commonly known as ASCII, is a computer protocol that allows users to display more text symbols than you find on your keyboard. Hearts, happy faces ...

'The' is the most commonly used word in the English language, and so Australian inventor, Paul Mathis, believes 'the' should have its own symbol for keyboarding and texting -- what's more, Mr Mathis ...

Emoji, accent marks, and other special characters bring an element of fun and accuracy to the texting experience, but what if you’re on your PC and you want to break up plain old text with cool ...

A picture — or an emoji — tells a thousand words. Amit Kalley, the founder of the organization For Working Parents, has issued an urgent warning to parents about the secret meanings of smartphone ...

Ten billion are sent every day. And a staggering 87 per cent of us admit that, when it comes to expressing our feelings, we'd rather use them than have an uncomfortable face-to-face conversation.

Whether you go for Apple or Android, every grammar nerd will love these tricks that finally perfect your punctuation. Grammar nerds, quit cringing every time you’re forced to write “–” when you really ...