Animated emoticons can add flair to a website, email or other type of electronic medium. While they may look like video files, they're typically a series of GIF images placed together -- much like a ...

Skype today released an update to its Android app, version 5.3, which introduces new features that bring the Android version more up-to-date with features recently released for iOS and desktop users.

Skype has issued an update to its iOS app that introduces support for Microsoft accounts, and a number of new features. Users can now login to the app using their Messenger, Hotmail, and Outlook.com ...

Bertel is a Linux user who likes budget smartphones more than flagships, uses a custom ROM, and gets his apps from F-Droid. When he isn't writing short stories for Android Police, you might find him ...

SwiftKey, which is owned by Microsoft, just added Halo-themed stickers and emoticons lifted from Skype. Both Halo and Skype are Microsoft properties, further identifying SwiftKey as a Microsoft brand.

After updating their Android app with Microsoft account login abilities, Skype is doing the same for its iOS app today. The company has issued an update for the app that follows along with their plans ...

Everybody’s favorite yellow emoticons will have even more verve on the new Apple Watch. Apple has devised new animated emoticons that allow users to devise customized facial expressions by touching ...

With three simple keystrokes, Scott Fahlman brought a smile to the internet. In a 1982 message board post, Fahlman, a computer scientist at Carnegie-Mellon University, proposed using typographical ...

No more winks, nudges, or shoddy modem connections cutting into your emoticon battles with your best friend (everyone did that, right?): Microsoft's MSN Messenger will officially be signing off Oct.

Emoticons are already pretty annoying, but making a physical emoticon that changes expressions based on emoticons in Windows Live Messenger? That’s really, really annoying. Keep this thing the hell ...