Humble emojis continue to take market by storm

As an increasing number of people turn to emojis to spice up their everyday messages, businesses are exploring new ways to turn the fun, colorful characters into some serious profits.

Facepalm, one of the most popular emojis ever developed by its WeChat group, has to date been used by over one-third of the country's population, Tencent told China Daily recently.

In China, emoji symbols are so widespread that they have become a flourishing beneficiary of intellectual property, or IP, spawning huge business for their creators and sellers.