The first emoticons were used on March 30, 1881 when Puck Magazine published four typographical faces representing feelings of joy, melancholy, indifference, and astonishment, according to Explore search...

I was sitting in the library at lunch on a Tuesday. I had intended to do homework, so I zipped up my procrastination-inducing phone inside my backpack and started in. It was not long before I found myself...