"@davidbeckham [praying hands emoji]. Praying hands tattoo for the main man. Thank you for the trust, DB [heart hands emoji]," Pablo wrote alongside a black-and-white photo of himself with David.

In the early days of online chatting people used different characters on the keyboard as a shortcut to convey an emotion. The happy face :) to convey happiness or joy. The frowny face :( to convey ...

The latest such update is more expressive hand gesture emoji on Gboard. Google’s approach to emojis has been more fun than the bubbly, almost plastic look that Apple has adopted on iOS.