But the emoji hadn’t depicted realistic guns for years. Until now. Broni calls the change one of the most significant updates to emoji design in years. Critics of the platform’s direction ...

On platforms and devices, software and apps, the emoji keyboard is a gun-free zone. Well, almost. On Wednesday, Google rolled out an Android update for the emoji keyboard that replaces the gun ...

Most of them created realistic designs for the emoji, modeled after real-life pistols. While Microsoft’s looked more like a ray gun from a science fiction movie. But in iOS 10, Apple was the ...

Follow her on Instagram @piavela_ Amid growing concerns over gun control in response to recent mass shootings in the U.S., Apple has decided to replace the deadly pistol emoji for a much ...