You read it on this blog first!
Or maybe you didn't, so here is the link to our semi-serious Christmas Day 2012 post: Panhandling App coming soon for IPhone and Android.
We heard a short announcement on NPR today and googled.
The one app that has received most coverage is the "Help the Homeless" app.
An app for this was in the air, so we put on any any airs but congratulate the developer(s)!
Just last week, we saw some very dismissive comments in the German media about poor folks/homeless people playing games on smart phones while they wait for the local food bank to open.
The argument, of course, goes something like "if they can afford a smart phone....".
We understand where this is coming from, but...
There are practical considerations, such as there are hardly any payphones left in Western countries.
And there is the advance of technology. I can guarantee you that I can find you some old newspaper report, say from the late 1800s or the early 1900s, where people complain about a homeless person having a bicycle. If you want to bet, we still have the Susan B. 1 Dollar coin from previous bets -- go for it.
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