
I feel very conscious about talking on video. Shabbir Hussain, a marketing executive contends, "I prefer using texting apps such as WhatsApp or making a voice call instead of chatting via video. With the launch of Duo, a Google video calling app, will video calling become as popular as messaging platforms? While most of the developed world uses FaceTime and Skype, India seems to be comfortable with WhatsApp and good old voice calls. Among these innovations, video calling, once considered the next level of communication, lies sidelined in India. Instant messaging apps, unheard of six years ago, have subscriber bases exceeding a billion and social media has become a place where everything from dinner recipes to revolutions are planned and dissected. In the last two decades, but for flying cars, the Internet has revolutionised human interaction and communication. One of the major innovations to catch my attention was the ability to use video calls for normal conversations. Jetsons, featuring flying cars, automated walkways and other gadgets that were supposed to make life in the future easy. At this juncture, one of my favourite cartoon series was the


Back in the 1990s, browsing the World Wide Web, primarily in India, involved a long wait for even the most basic websites to load.
