JEDDAH: Users of WhatsApp were a joyous lot on Saturday as the call facility finally became available on the popular messaging service in the Kingdom.
Using Middle Finger Emoticons could land you in court
Many people know that if you are caught flipping off, or in other words, showing the middle finger to another person inside the Saudi Arabia, you could very well land yourself in prison. However the legal experts have issued a new warning in which sending an emoticon or emoji, as they are now called, in which a gesture of the middle finger is shown, on any message or social media platform, you could very well get into trouble for that too. The lawyers and Police have also issued a warning after news came that Microsoft will be becoming the first every manufacturer which will allow their users the facility of showing the finger on the latest version of their operating systems. The feature is set to be launched in the Windows 10 Operating System.
You Can Now Use WhatsApp On Your Computer
The arrival of WhatsApp was no doubt a breath of fresh air for regular mobile users as for the first time, there could be an exchange of messages, phones and even videos and that too for free. Its features like sending free SMS, images, and videos, ability to share our real-time location with friends and its availability to all Mobile platforms like Android, Windows phone, Symbian, Blackberry, and iOS only make this brilliant new application too great to be resisted.
What are the two blue ticks in WhatsApp?
An update of WhatsApp means you will start to see some blue tick in messages. Here we explain why and what they mean.
So far, there has been no way to know whether a message sent through WhatsApp has been read by the recipient. But that is about to change with a new version that includes gray and blue ticks.
