Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. We’re all used to typing emoji on our smartphones and tablets, ...

This adds the secret iPhone emoticon keyboard to your iPhone so that you have access to it, but you still need to tap in the right place to get to it. Open an app that lets you type a message. Now tap ...

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 ...

Emoji has sort of taken over my iMessage conversations on the iPhone lately, and I’m willing to bet you use a lot of the cute little pictures too. What if I told you there was a hidden treasure trove ...

Jason Cipriani is based out of beautiful Colorado and has been covering mobile technology news and reviewing the latest gadgets for the last six years. His work can also be found on sister site CNET ...