The Internet advantages in this case are endless. One does not have to leave a comfortable armchair or even a warm bed; one can occupy his/her working place ready to report to the boss if there is some need. In addition, confirmed gossipers needn't look for people who have the same ideas on a juicy piece of news. Hardly have they ever viewed it as an obstacle. Lots of resources on the Net in different languages heartily welcome them, saying nothing of different communities of friends, topical forums etc.
So, it is possible to gossip when staying in bed with a cold. The notebook is a highly cold-proof device. It is possible to gossip while imitating a hectic working activity. It is possible to gossip using a smartphone and accompanying a grandma to some dull opera performance. So, chances are enormous as well as topics for discussion.
It must be noted that some seasons of the year are really dull. No news, no issues for discussion. So, people have to pull up their mental strengths to come up with a good topic. But given the multitude of possible applications and spheres of interest, it's quite an easy task. The tablet market seems to be an endless source of news these days. Literally every several hours something hot is coming, or something unexpected or something which may cause lots of speculations and ideas on the matter as well as providing lots of rumors and agitation for common nettizens.
In absence of tremendously important events like that of a new iphone application development coming out or a new iteration of the Android OS released, or the acquisition of Palm inc and its impact on future prospects of the tablet market, people's attention is confined to less significant news, which if properly analyzed can tell quite an interesting story of what is going on at the tablet market and cause several quite heated discussions of what its future developments will be.