It was an odd move. Because of the way emoji works– each emoji is essentially a sticker that an operating system slaps on top of an otherwise unreadable UTF-16 character code–changing the pistol emoji ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CUPERTINO, Calif. — Bullets are out, water ...

When Apple (AAPL) releases more than 100 new and redesigned emojis later this year, fans of the black gun are likely to be disappointed - the menacing symbol is going to be replaced with a green water ...

The latest WhatsApp beta build introduces sticker suggestions, eliminating the extra step of opening the sticker panel.

Bullets are out, water is in. Apple is replacing the controversial pistol emoji with a green water gun in the next version of its iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS 10. The gun swap is just one of ...

Apple will be replacing its hand gun emoji with a far less controversial bright green and orange water pistol in the next version of its iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS 10. The move is one of a ...

Twitter has now followed Apple’s lead in changing its pistol emoji to a harmless, bright green water gun. And in doing so, the company that has struggled to handle the abuse, hate speech and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Bullets are out, water is in. Apple is ...

Apple will replace its handgun emoji with a water pistol when it releases its iOS 10 operating system later this year. The black and silver revolver emoji will be superceded by a new green and orange ...