Almost nine months after Apple stirred the pro-gun rights hornet’s nest by replacing its gun emoji with a water pistol, Google and many other major tech companies are doing the same. According to The ...

Following the lead of several other big tech companies, including Apple, Samsung, and Twitter, Google has changed the gun emoji on its platform to a water pistol. According to Emojipedia, the update ...

Twitter has finally killed off the pistol emoji, following the lead of fellow tech giants such as Apple, Samsung and WhatsApp. Instead, the icon has been replaced with a cartoon water pistol, which is ...

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 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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

One longstanding emoji is about to get a big change. The pistol emoji, which has been around since 2010, is being redesigned with the next version of iOS 10. The change, revealed by Apple Monday, ...

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 ...

Turns out Microsoft and Apple are on opposing sides when it comes to the emoji gun control debate. Less than a week after Apple changed its pistol emoji to a water gun, Microsoft is taking a ...

It appears Google is the latest tech company to replace its gun emoji with a water pistol. According to Emojipedia, a search engine for emojis, Google is rolling out an update to Android users to ...

Twitter has announced a number of changes in its Twemoji 2.5 update. Perhaps, most significantly, following the lead of several companies including Apple, WhatsApp, and Samsung, the pistol will now be ...

Apple has opted to switch out its gun emoji for something a little less risqué. The Cupertino, California giant announced plans to use a squirt gun instead of the gun emoji, the company announced in a ...

Apple said Monday that the pistol emoji will be removed from the keyboard and replaced with a lime green water pistol water when it rolls out its iOS 10 operating ...