Emoticon

A civil panel of the Riga District Court has ruled that the thumbs-up palm emoji in official correspondence can be interpreted as written consent, Latvian publication Delfi reported.

Apple has released new gender neutral emoticons - an analogue of most current emoticons. There are punks, clowns and zombies among them. This is part of the company's mobile operating system update, AFP reported. The tech giant has been offering an increasing number of inclusive emoji designs in recent years, presenting them with different skin colours or professions.

Now you can do more than just "like" something on Facebook.

The social media giant on Feb. 24 rolled out its new expanded "reactions" feature which allows its users to express a range of emotions -- "like, love, haha, wow, sad or angry."