Android users opting for a gun emoji might notice the gray and brown pistol has morphed into a colorful toy water gun. The update is rolling out to Android users, Emojipedia reported Tuesday. “We’re always evaluating our emoji designs to ensure that messages are displayed consistently across platforms,” a Google representative said via email. Google …

T-Mobile users with an iPhone can now use Apple Business Chat, T-Mobile said Thursday. The messaging feature, which Apple launched in March, lets you do things like schedule appointments or place orders with businesses. In this case, T-Mobile users can change their rate plans and address, pay a bill, check their balances or even buy a new phone using Apple …

Investors want a piece of Dropbox and apparently paid more for it than expected.   The company raised $756 million in its initial public offering, Bloomberg reported, citing someone familiar with the information. Dropbox sold 36 million shares in its IPO at $21 each, according to the report. Initially, shares were expected to sell in the $16 to $18 range. The increased …

YouTube videos focusing on conspiracy theories will now link to a snippet of information on the topic from Wikipedia. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki described the new feature during a session Tuesday at South by Southwest with Nicholas Thompson, editor-in-chief of Wired. “This has been a year of fake news and misinformation,” she said.  YouTube will determine what exactly qualifies as …

Snapchat’s Snap Map feature is no longer confined to the app. Snap Map, which lets you watch public snaps tied to geographic locations, is now available through the web, Snap said Monday. The map works in a couple ways: You can zoom in somewhere on the map and watch curated and edited Stories, or watch Map Stories, which are snaps …

Apple is changing the way it develops features, Bloomberg reported Monday. Engineers will now be able to push back the release of features they believe need more work. In the future, that could mean fewer bugs as the focus shifts somewhat from an annual update schedule, the news service said. Apple didn’t immediately respond to CNET’s request for comment. Bloomberg also reported …

Disney entertainment will flow into China. Buena Vista International, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Co., has signed a multi-year licensing deal with the media and entertainment arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. The deal will bring more than 1,000 episodes of animated Disney series to the Youku video-streaming platform and other platforms, Alibaba said Monday in a statement. The deal …

Apple is playing ball with the US government, which is looking into the manufacturer’s controversial decision to slow down older iPhones to accommodate aging batteries.  “We have received questions from some government agencies and we are responding to them,” Apple said in an emailed statement.  The response comes a day after Bloomberg reported  that the US Department of Justice and the …

Panasonic wants to be everywhere. Marking the company’s 100th anniversary, Panasonic at CES 2018 ran through a wide range of areas in tech where it wants to make inroads, including highways, cities, cars and of course, your living room. “We can take pride in our ability to help consumers with their needs of today and tomorrow,” said Panasonic Canada President Michael Moskowitz …

A drone operator is to blame for a collision between a DJI Phantom 4 drone and a US Army Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday. The NTSB said, back in September, a drone pilot flew his drone farther than he could see — Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 101 calls for pilots to …