Although English is the default language of the Internet, it obviously isn't the most spoken language in the world, and Unicode is helping to make the Internet - and computers in general - usable for ...

Jacob Kastrenakes is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Unicode may be popularly known as the group that establishes emoji, but the ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unicode Consortium, the 501(c)(3) non-profit that standardizes the way computers represent text in all languages – including emoji characters – today announced ...

The Unicode Consortium has confirmed its next slate of emojis, coming in the next year to eager thumbs near you.

While the Rohingya people have experienced a violent oppression in Myanmar, they could be getting a new tool to preserve their cultural identity: a digital language. The Unicode Consortium, the ...

Emojis, and the underlying unicode that goes into the technology, is serious business these days. Whilst emojis might not be considered a language in the classic sense, they are definitely a way for ...

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If you have viewed a Web page containing strange characters you did not understand, you may have seen Unicode characters. Unicode consists of a character set that covers most languages in the world.

The forthcoming Mac version of Microsoft's Office suite will be localized for several more languages as well as pick up improved proofing tools. However, Mac language blogers complain that there's ...