SAN FRANCISCO - Apple and Microsoft on Friday appeared to be aiming in opposite directions with freshly unholstered gun emojis. Apple did not respond to an AFP request for comment regarding the apparent decision to make a gun emoji that appeared less menacing than the real thing. Apple's toy gun emoji, if it isn't changed before the official release of iOS 10, would break from more realistic looking glyphs offered by major messaging platforms. New emojis teased by Apple in a blog post included women athletes, single parents, a rainbow flag, and a green water pistol. Meanwhile, a Windows operating system update rolled out this week by Microsoft came with a pistol emoji changed from a cartoonish ray gun to a revolver.

Source: Bangkok Post August 05, 2016 21:56 UTC