Tag: emergency

My backup and emergency phone strategy for the car

Yesterday at about midday I’d just finished a conference call when I got a Whatsapp from my wife. “Blown a tire,” it said. Great. She was apparently...

Can’t the emergency services do a location lookup on this 3 year old girl?

If you've been following any live TV today you'll have seen this story about a 3 year old who called 999 about her mother...

Virginia Tech: SMS & email updates did their job

Reading about today's events at Virginia Tech, I'm pleased that the mobile medium played a critical part in alerting students of the issue: This time...

IT Professor rubbishes texting as an emergency alert system

Now this is an interesting one. A very interesting one. You know how I'm all in favour of text systems for emergency...

ICO puts up satellite for US mobile TV

ICO Global Communications has announced its launched a new satellite that will allow it to start offering new mobile services later on in this...

US gets disaster warnings by SMS

What do people do during disasters? Turn to their mobiles, of course. The Federal Communications Commission has adopted a plan that will see mobile...

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Question: When is the only time a traffic jam is good news in the UK?

Ah yes, an S23 with a BlackBerry Bold Keyboard: Exactly what I (think) I need

It’s ok, your moon photos aren’t fake, they are just enhanced – quite a bit