Emoji summon a feeling and intent, and changes in drawing style, expression, and appearance (as with the gun) will change how they’re used, even if people only notice the changes subliminally.

Once you've let your face paint dry, fill in your eyebrows with a black pencil, then draw on a cat nose and whiskers. Pull out that black lipstick you've been hanging onto since the 1990s, and ...

The draw-an-emoji feature seems like it will be a more fun than it is practical, but it’s still an interesting experiment in trying to make the texting experience easier.

Only use the kissy-cat emoji when you really, really mean it. You can also use it to indicate that you are (or your cat is) blowing something out your mouth.

The ninja cat emoji are exclusive to Windows 10 and use zero width joiner sequences, which are basically hacks to support non-standard Unicode emoji. If you’re not familiar with the finer points ...