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Stop Talking (I’m too busy communicating)

The Wowster asks are we communicating so much we've stopped talking to each other Chatting to my friend Marianne last night about a bio I read on Steve Jobs. Despite the fact he could be a huge arsehole, he contributed greatly to the advance of humanity, I said. She wasn't impressed and said she didn't think so. Why, I asked? Well he made it too ...

App To Help Blind Text

The Wowster on an app to help blind people text An app has been created to help blind people text using touchscreen devices. The app developed at Georgia Tech will be available for iPhone and android devices. Using a braille writing system, it ...

When Rape is OK

The Wowster on a mentality that accepts rape as an occupational hazard Isha Nembhard was once a Peckham gang member in London. One of the trade offs was a willingness to be sexually abused, even rape is ok, in order to gain ...

Next to Godliness

The Wowster on Facebook being next to godliness Facebook in order to counter its image as a spying, prying monolith has cosied up next to godliness. We're talking no porn here, we're Facebook. Zuckerberg or whoever gives a rat's arse about those things ...

Mixed Picture of Joy and Gloom

The Wowster reports on a mixed picture of joy and gloom for retail in UK UK retail sales seemed to be on the rise in January going against the trend of rising unemployment and increasing store closures. The .9% hike went against ...

How to Retweet and Benefit

Vivian Luu on how to retweet How to retweet on Twitter may bear a strong likeness to forwarding chain emails, but the process of engaging the media goes beyond circulating material by duplicating it. The misidentification perhaps is when we identify retweets ...