If you’re losing your mind over instant messengers and instant replies, it might be time to go retro... really retro. The Carrier Pidge app allows users to send messages the old-school way using a digital pigeon. The loyal bird will fly across oceans, or just a few blocks away carrying your message to its receiver. 

Some users in our circles are already calling the unusually slow speed of transmission a therapeutic shift from a life of instant gratification. Our favourite feature is the real-life simulation of the 0.2 per cent chance that the pigeon meets an untimely death in commute. Guess who’s taking the blame the next time we forget to reply to a text.