Smartphones are the
necessary evils that keep our day busy with activities. With the amount of
software downloads, as such, our life is centered on finger tips. Facebook, PIP
Camera, EBook Reader and many such applications are in offer. These
are not only useful but also sources of image enhancers, which keep the
happy hormones flowing. Along with these, there is this software called
WhatsApp messenger that offers cost cutting messaging applications and easy
functionalities to keep us connected and entertained 24X7.
I remember the first time
I set a Facebook profile. The long lost friends and acquaintances were soon
only a click away. Yet with time, logging on, updating, reading the comments
and counting the number of likes were waning away. My face then searched only
for mails, the messages my friends and acquaintances from the book, sent
through Facebook message system. Wow. That was such a relief. I was no more
worried about a PC, an android phone insisting on software download, and if
ignored the profile or pictures going public.
That is when I was gifted
an android phone. My well-wisher, my husband, wanted me to have all the
facilities under one roof. And he introduced me to WhatsApp.
What’s up? I cried out. Hush hush, as it sounded, I defined it as an
application that did not disturb me much, especially when the setting is put on
silent mode. And at the same time, it helped me share the messages, videos and
images on an immediate basis. Along with it, there was entertainment in the
form of jokes, current affairs, notification, and information circulation,
which brought the WhatsApp users on the same platform.
Interestingly, the same
joke may come from more than one contact and so do the dissection of news,
views or even the jokes, for that matter. Though I am a lazy Facebook user when
it comes to reading and liking various Facebook pages, I could not resist
ignoring the little jokes, and tit-bits on WhatsApp.
Wonder, who are the people
behind? I like to call them the creative heads that can visualise and execute a
joke from nothing. At the same time laugh at situations and make a joke based
on their personal experience.
And as I kept myself fully
occupied as a WhatsApp user, the dear old Facebook bought WhatsApp
for $19 billion, at a time when there were about one billion users.
Now, what do I say, we
belong to both Facebook and WhatsApp. And we love tampering with our privacy
settings and account settings. The creative heads continue to churn,
irrespective of the software, and the audiences continue to pursue their
entertaining and messaging means. In short, we feel smarter day by day in our
online world.