Indians are probably the original codifiers and users of palmand-fingers configurations as, well, shorthand for communication.

A total of 230 new icons were approved for release this year.

From service dogs to a prosthetic arm, iPhone maker Apple has proposed 13 new emojis to better represent people with disabilities, accordin...

The new emojis are likely to arrive on smartphones next year. Unicode, the international consortium, sets their global standards.

If approved, these emojis will become official in November and users will be able to pick the character's gender and skin tone.

The Unicode Consortium is a non-governmental organisation which gives universal character set to languages for their use in computers.

With the proposal, the team hopes to foster a more complex representation of women’s careers, a Google spokesperson said.

Terms like 'vape', 'culture', 'photobomb', 'overshare' and 'heart emoji' were significant throughout the past 12 months and have been named...

On July 15, the rupee symbol completes its first year. It's not been a good beginning. Brand building for the rupee has a long way to go.

The rupee symbol is set to enter the software lexicon , computer keyboards and mobile phones.