Re: [californiadisasters] Earthquake Buddy 'phones home' when you can't

This also means you have to keep the location
info on, which eats battery life - I keep it off
unless I'm using navigation or something.

Watching the iPhone commercial where the guy is
using Siri and asks 'where his friend richard is'
is a bit scary if you ask me.. I'm not so sure i
want people to know where i am all the time.

I suppose you could turn it on if you were at the bottom of a rubble pile..

Canie

At 02:21 PM 10/4/2012, you wrote:
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>Sounds good as long as the towers are working &
>the system isn't jammed. And you can get a cell signal under the rubble.
>
>Kate
>
>On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Lin Kerns
><<mailto:linkerns@gmail.com>linkerns@gmail.com> wrote:
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>Earthquake Buddy 'phones home' when you can't
>
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>04 October 2012
>By Stephen Withers
>A new iPhone app aims to alert your friends or
>family if you are caught in an earthquake.
>
><http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/earthquake-buddy/id541498920?mt=8>Earthquake
>Buddy is a $4.49 app that reports the user's
>location in the event of an earthquake.
>
>It allows users to enter the details of up to
>four friends or family members, and if the phone
>is in an area affected by an earthquake of
>magnitude 5.5 or greater an email including a
>Google map of the phone's location is sent to those 'buddies'.
>
>The email is sent from a server, as mobile
>networks often fail after an earthquake.
>
>Earthquake Buddy also offers messaging via SMS, Twitter or Facebook.
>
>Other features include 'flashlight'
>functionality, tips for earthquake situations,
>and provision for recording a video or audio message in case you are not found.
>
>Adam Wells, CEO of Australia-based The App
>Collective which developed Earthquake Buddy,
>said "We were astonished to learn that most
>rescue services are often flummoxed at where to
>start finding missing victims of large earthquakes."
>
>The app is being targeted at those planning to
>visit earthquake-prone areas such as Japan and
>California as well as residents of such regions.
>
>It has been endorsed by Professor Ed Blakely,
>who led the Hurricane Katrina recovery.
>
>"The app's ingenuity, coupled with the
>harnessing of community engagement, makes this
>the best rescue app in the world," he said.
>
>An Android version of Earthquake Buddy should debut in the near future.Earthq
><http://www.itwire.com/your-it-news/mobility/56889-earthquake-buddy-phones-home-when-you-cant>http://www.itwire.com/your-it-news/mobility/56889-earthquake-buddy-phones-home-when-you-cant
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