I still remember those days when we
used to send letters to friends and relatives and wait for days and weeks for a
reply. I even remember those lovely Christmas seasons when I used to sent a
whole bunch of cards to everyone I know in this world and enjoy the fruits as
beautiful cards in return. Today, you won’t find anyone writing letters or
sending cards more often. I think these are the days of WhatsApp, and I do not
mind telling the fact that WhatsApp has gracefully taken the chair of a postman.
Even in the midst of quick services
like FaceBook Messenger, BBM, Skype, Google Hangouts (The once GTalk) iMessage
or Line, you tend to choose WhatsApp the most, for passing a quick message to
your friend, an urgent message to those at home or a reply to your client. The
reason for this is quite simple. WhatsApp has got features that are easier to
handle and you can pass on a message within split seconds to anyone in another
corner of the world. And the highlight of this application is that it does not
have any ads to irritate you. The reason why most of us reached out to WhatsApp
was because it was much cheaper than text and it is free from ads. But I find
it more quicker as it uses our phone number as its login id.
WhatsApp is a cross platform instant
messaging app that can be used in devices for Android, iOS, Blackberry, Symbian
and Windows Phone. Sorry if I missed out any. You are able to communicate with
other WhatsApp users through text (That’s my favorite), images (I use it to
poke my friends at the stroke of midnight), voice (not a fan of that one) and
videos (Yeah! I use it often).
Today, we get all kinds of lovely,
strange and funny messages right in a jiffy through this wonder app that was
created years back, in 2009. It was created by Ian Koum, who is a Ukrainian
immigrant in Mount View, California.
The Creator of WhatsApp, wanted to give
the users of WhatsApp, the liberty to share different statuses to those in their
circles. I do hate to find the status “I am busy” in any one of my friends’
status. But I do love to see a whole bunch of my favorites ready with the ‘Online’
mode. Yet another feature of WhatsApp is that you can get a look at the time
your friend was online by checking the “Last seen” feature. Hey! You can even
block your “Last seen” if you take a quick tour into the privacy settings. But
unfortunately, you will also lose the liberty to peep into others’ “Last Seen.”
The reason why the creator of
FaceBook opted to buy this “Wonder App” was because it was the most popular
application that majority of people use these days. It took $19 Billion for
Mark Zukerberg to get hold of the ownership of this Application, and that is
$42 per active user. And I am happy to say that I am one among those active
users for whom Zukerberg has invested $42 on. ;)
