Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman says, he was the first to use three keystrokes — a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis — as a horizontal "smiley ...

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! Guaranteed to place a "smile on your face" are these resolutions for the New Year: No more partisan political messages dividing America, and an Rx for 2022: One ...

In the early days of the internet, computer scientist Scott Fahlman ran into a problem on Carnegie Mellon University’s online bulletin boards. People used the bulletin boards — a kind of primitive ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...

Happy birthday, sideways smiley face! Wednesday marks the 30th birthday of the emoticon. The computer symbol for “not serious” or now more generally “happiness,” made up of a colon, dash and a right ...

I have loved smiley faces since I was a little girl, so when I found this smiley face door hanger on clearance at Hobby Lobby ...

An ongoing legal battle between grunge icons Nirvana and fashion designer Marc Jacobs revolves around a blissed-out smiley face known to rock fans around the world — recognizable for its crooked grin, ...

PITTSBURGH -- It was a serious contribution to the electronic lexicon. :-) Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott Fahlman says, he was the first to use three keystrokes -- a ...