Title :
Thinking beyond WhatsApp
Author :
Bajaj, Himali ; Jindal, Rajni
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Indira Gandhi Delhi Tech. Univ. for Women, Delhi, India
Abstract :
Communication in the present scenario has changed its form from audio to textual means, among most of the people specially the younger generation. All credit goes to the various convenient and easy to use apps available to be freely downloaded. Today the market is brimming with `WhatsApp´, `WeChat´, `Viber´, `LINE´, `Snapchat´, ChatON and many more such apps which we are referring as “WhatsApp family” apps. With the help of some of the most popular messaging apps already in market, this clearly states some possibilities of the future messaging apps stating the picture of the present needs. In this paper, we are presenting a new all in one app having feature upto the expectations of next generation like virtual social platform, organizational attributes, communication among different apps, communication in all languages, animation and should be capable to solve some major issues of the country like health.
Keywords :
electronic messaging; mobile computing; smart phones; social networking (online); WhatsApp family app; messaging app; smart phone; virtual social platform; Animation; Electronic mail; Facebook; Feature extraction; Receivers; Smart phones; Communication; Health; Messaging apps; Virtualization; WhatsApp;
Conference_Titel :
Computing for Sustainable Global Development (INDIACom), 2015 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New Delhi
Print_ISBN :
978-9-3805-4415-1