Biz/Media

Marriott is making hotel bookings easier with a new Slack messaging app extension that lets groups find and book hotel rooms directly in their chats using one special emoji.

FLOTUS chimed in on the emoji conversation following feminine brand Always' ad campaign to encourage confidence in young women with their campaign "Like A Girl."

Nation

As promised, Apple finally came out with more diverse emojis on Wednesday. As reported by Yahoo Tech, new emojis “with skin-tone variation” came with the iOS 8.3 update, following the premiere of its long-awaited Apple Watch. The new emojis are all yellow and let you choose from five skin tones to change characters. The new […]

Crime, Nation

Officials arrested a Brooklyn teenager for creating emojis showing a gun to a police officer’s head, DNAinfo reports. SEE ALSO: Willow Smith At Center Of Seemingly Topless Instagram Officers cuffed Osiris Aristy (pictured) last Sunday in his Bushwick apartment for using the symbols in a way causing “New York City police to fear for their safety,” per a […]