Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University professor was the first to use three keystrokes — a colon followed by a hyphen as a horizontal "smiley face" in a computer message.

Smiley faces have been a salvation for 18-year-old Sammy Grossman. ... It's a clothing brand featuring Grossman's smiley face with one eye that's shaped like a semicolon.

Press the emoji button on the keyboard (it looks like a smiley face). You will be taken to the emoji keyboard, where you can select or search for emojis . Tap an emoji to add it to your text.

Smiley faces have been a salvation for 18-year-old Sammy Grossman. ... It’s a clothing brand featuring Grossman’s smiley face with one eye that’s shaped like a semicolon.

He said therapy helped but the big turnaround came with his creation of Project Spread Smiles. It’s a clothing brand featuring Grossman’s smiley face with one eye that’s shaped like a semicolon.