For iPhone users, the biggest additions for any Unicode launch are emoji characters. Version 10.0 introduces a slate of 56 new emoji including the Bitcoin symbol, a sampling of smiley faces ...

A decades-old computer character standard has been updated with a symbol for bitcoin. The Unicode Consortium unveiled Unicode version 10.0 today, which includes the bitcoin "B" symbol. Overall ...

Now, Unicode is tip-toeing into the branding world a bit, and allowing people to adopt a character—for a price, and toward a cause. Unicode is launching a fund-raising campaign called "Adopt-a ...