Monday, February 24, 2014

Progress

Let me understand this. Smart phones have resulted in people texting rather than talking with their "phones." I can understand that.

And WhatsApp, a texting app that Facebook apparently bought for seventy-twelve quintillion dollars, is set to upgrade their app to allow a live voice functionality:

WhatsApp currently has a voice function but only in note form. This new service will be live.

I know I'm not nearly as young as I used to be. But isn't that called "talking?" Doesn't your phone already do that?

Whats next? An app upgrade to allow you to text on plain paper in a stamped envelope by putting it in a blue box down the street?