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The four largest carriers now support texting 911, but most emergency call...
When the FCC set a voluntary deadline of yesterday for putting in place technology to allow people to text 911, all four of the main national carriers complied. But since most emergency call centres...
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Crowdsourced app gets CPR volunteers to cardiac arrest victims fast
When someone’s heart stops, there are just minutes to save them from brain damage or death; by the time medics arrive, it can be too late. This is the problem former San Ramon Valley Fire Department...
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Feature Request: Automatically activate emergency features on making a 911 call
We reported recently on an Apple patent application for a ‘panic mode‘ on an iPhone, where using a specific finger on the Touch ID sensor could do anything from locking down the phone to calling 911...
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Patent application could see the Apple Watch calling 911 when it detects a...
A patent application describes how the Apple Watch and iPhone could work together to detect medical emergencies like a heart attack, and automatically call 911. While the patent wording doesn’t...
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Mother uses Hey Siri to call ambulance while performing CPR on 1-year-old...
An Australian mother used the Hey Siri function of her iPhone 6s to call for an ambulance while performing CPR on her 1-year-old daughter who had stopped breathing. more…Filed under: Apple
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Teenager plays havoc with multiple 911 call centers trying to collect Apple...
An Arizona teenager caused havoc in multiple 911 cell centers last week after creating a proof of concept of an iOS exploit that caused iPhones to dial 911. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said...
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Exploit that caused iPhones to repeatedly dial 911 reveals grave...
We reported back in October on an iOS exploit that caused iPhones to repeatedly dial 911 without user intervention. It was said then that the volume of calls meant one 911 center was in ‘immediate...
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