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| by Peter Dinham | |
| Tuesday, 13 October 2009 | |
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What’s more, all of this happens instantly on activation and works anywhere in the world, subject to the integrity of the signal on your iPhone. It’s also not something you can trigger accidentally as activation begins with a countdown to launch, determined by you on set-up (between 2 and 5 seconds), and to cancel the countdown, you simply slide a bar. The four simple ways i am Safe can potentially help you in an emergency - providing you have an adequate signal – are, by (i) Making your phone ring, which might just provide the distraction you need to get away; (ii) sending a previously worded emergency text or voice message to five pre-determined contacts; (iii) sending an emergency email to your five contacts, including a link to a map showing where you are and then tracking you continuously; and, (iv) recording audio of the incident and sending it to the i am Safe server for future reference. This great new, ‘peace-of-mind’ for parents and family, application has been painstakingly developed over the past 12-months by the originator of the idea, Tim Hine, and his newly-formed team of three programmers, one architect and a graphic designer. Tim, a 64-year-old veteran of the IT industry, told iTWire today that he was triggered into action when, like all other Australians, he was appalled by the events surrounding the disappearance and subsequent death in Croatia of Melbourne girl, Britt Lapthorne. “A year ago the media was buzzing with reports of the Britt Lapthorne case and, working in IT, I started thinking about a solution. Being an Apple-based person I thought of developing the solution on the Apple platform, and decided to pull together a team to develop the application.” CONTINUED page 2 |
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