By John Glenday

Apple has moved to satisfy critics who’ve accused it of male bias in compiling its set of emoji characters by updating the character set with a slew of female faces for its roll out of IOS 10.

Previously male dominated sports and professions now carry a range of female faces.

Sports such as weight lifting, basketball and surfing now include depictions of women alongside female builders and private investigators complete with new skin colour variations.

New icons include a water gun in place of a revolver, a rainbow flag and two gender options for a single parent family icon.

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Source: The Drum