However, what the company left unsaid was that apart from adding a number of emojis, it was also replacing the gun emoji with water pistol. It has added a number of diverse emojis as well as has replaced the gun emoji with a toy pistol, a clear statement by the company against the gun culture in the US. Apple has also introduced two male options for previously female-only emoji, including a haircut and scalp massage emoji. It reportedly told the consortium deciding the Unicode emojis that even if the rifle emoji was included, Apple would not support it on its iPhones and the iPads. Of late, with a number of high-profile shootings in the US have kickstarted a debate around the gun culture in the US.

Source: India Today August 02, 2016 08:15 UTC