During the London 2012 opening ceremony, early on in the show a number of giant yellow beach balls were released into the audience. However, as soon as you add one of these Outlook emojis to your message, it will change into the colored version. a b c Doug Lennox, illustrated by Catriona Wight (2004), Now You Know More: The Book of Answers, vol. A laughing smiley results from the combination :-), while a sad facial expression is represented by the combination :-(. In the DC Comics, shady businessman " Boss Smiley" (a political boss with a smiley face for a head) makes several appearances.

And if you’re interested in the entire Office package, a great option is to purchase Microsoft Office 365. In October of 1971 [1] Loufrani trademarked the name and his design in France while working as a journalist for France Soir. It was however labeled as "The Smile Insurance Company" which appeared on the back of the badges he created. The earliest known use of "smiley" as an adjective for "having a smile" or "smiling" in print was in 1848.In recent times, the face now known as a smiley has evolved into a well-known image and brand, recognisable for its yellow and black features.

The groupware Microsoft Outlook offers the option to share calendar information with other people, or share the entire calendar to view. The first time a combination of yellow and black was used for a smiling face was in late 1962, when New York City radio station WMCA released a yellow sweatshirt as part of a marketing campaign. Unlike the desktop versions, however, the app offers neither an ‘Icon’ nor an ‘AutoCorrect’ function so you can’t create your own shortcodes in Outlook on the web.AdAge referred to its use as a "feel-good effect" and water bottles using the smiley icon had an 11. onwards will even have the colourful emoji versions similar to those present on various social media platforms available to use. This was one of the first instances that the smiling face had been adapted, with one of the twenty visible smileys pulling a face. This began with Scott Fahlman in the 1980s when he first theorized ASCII characters could be used to create faces and demonstrate emotion in text.