Sega is reimagining the pager for the age of emoji. The Japanese video game company best known for Sonic the Hedgehog ...

In 2016, for example, after a series of US shootings, Apple changed its version of the gun emoji to a toy water pistol, prompting other large technology companies to follow suit. Getty Images ...

Earlier this week, Apple made waves with the revelation that in iOS 10, the forthcoming operating system update for iPhones and iPads, the existing revolver emoji would be replaced with a water gun.