OzHub, the Macquarie Telecom-led cloud computing alliance, has come down firmly on the side of Optus over the copyright controversy surrounding Optus TV Now, warning that any moves to change the law "risk branding Australia a global luddite state."
The Australian-developed iPhone application, i am Safe, that can be used by iPhone users anywhere in the world to alert family or friends when they are in trouble, now has users in more than 54 countries just five and a half weeks after becoming available on the iTunes App Store.
As iTWire reported last month, a small start-up
company, Xpertise Mobile, working out of a house in the trendy,
‘artist-quarter’ inner-Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, has developed i am
Safe, which can be activated with the single touch of a button to
immediately alert up to five friends or family that you need help. It
also shows them where you are on a map and also make audio recordings
of any incident and downloads them to the server immediately.
The originator of the idea, IT industry veteran, Tim Hine, who is also
CEO of Xpertise Mobile - and his team of three programmers, one
architect and a graphic designer - developed i am Safe after Hine 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.
Hine said today that when Britt Lapthorne’s father, Dale Lapthorne was
told about the take-up of i am Safe in 50 countries he said "this can
only be a good thing. All young people, in fact everyone would
benefit from having i am Safe on their phone. I am convinced if Britt
had had i am Safe on her phone at the time, there is a distinct
possibility she may not have lost her life. You see, like most young
people today, her phone was an extension of her person and she could
possibly have taken steps to alert someone, sending her position at the
very time she found herself in trouble."
According to Hine, “several large organizations, with concerns for the
security of outreach and field workers have approached Xpertise Mobile
to adapt i am Safe for use within their businesses.
“When their staff go out into the community on home visits, or to rural
areas, it is comforting to know they can alert colleagues for
assistance instantly, if the need arises. As well as displaying their
position on a map and downloading recordings of everything happening
around them, in real time.”
Hine says each i am Safe App sold overseas means “recognition for
Australia on the global technology platform as well as export earnings,
no matter how small. Very soon, i am Safe will be converted from just
the iPhone environment, to sit on other mobile phone brands and
handsets, making it available to practically everyone."
Hine said i am Safe is available for download now from the iTunes App
Store, priced at US$6.99, and users can still download it at the
promotional price at a cost of US$4.99, with the application activated
for the price of the download. Recharges can be purchased through the
app on your iPhone.
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