Phones

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 is claimed that the app makes it up to six times faster for people without sight to text. Currently the only ...

Blackberrys Fiasco

The Wowster looks at Blackberrys fiasco for the police A large Blackberry has been blown at giving the police mobile phones to help them with their work. The UK's National Audit Office reports that only one in five forces use them effectively. The ...

Cop This…

Cop this...you want to know the time, don't ask a policeman, it's costing us a fortune, says The Wowster. Want to know the time, well don't ask a policeman. It's costing us a fortune. In Scotland Yard's case, a cool £17000 ...

Search for Truth

Bring on the clowns. The wowster reports of an elusive search for truth. To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible, we must be truthful. To the backdrop of those words of Ed Murrow ...

Running On Water

The Wowster reports on a running-on-water salvation for those who spend a lot of their time off the grid. Do you spend a lot of your time off the grid? Are you the outdoor type where your mobile phone is your ...

Howdy Wowdy

The Wowster welcomes Howdy Wowdy, a new wowdewow blog series aimed at teenagers Welcome to Howdy Wowdy a brand new series targeted at teenagers, bless them. Edited by my third cousin removed, The Howdyster, under a cloak of anonymity, it will look ...