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RapidSOS announces support for Emergency SOS video feature in iOS 18

This should come in handy. Apple’s forthcoming video expansion to its Emergency SOS via Satellite feature for iOS 18 will be supported by RapidSOS, a platform linking millions of users to 911 and other emergency services. Apple’s Emergency SOS via Satellite feature launched with the iPhone 14, and helps to connect stranded users to first […]

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Group of lost teenage hikers located, rescued via iPhone Emergency SOS feature

Because iOS features can sometimes be a good thing. A group of 10 teenage hikers who spent last Friday night lost was located by a search and rescue team with the help of Apple’s Emergency SOS feature. Members of the group — who are all 16 to 18 years old — spent about three hours […]

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Apple Maps receives additional terrain data for Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada

As part of its continual effort to rebuild Apple Maps, Apple has added detailed terrain features to the U.S. states of Arizona and New Mexico as well as the southern portion of Nevada, including the city of Las Vegas.  The additional data is derived from Apple’s street-level data gathering via LiDAR-equipped vehicles, which Apple has […]

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Google Earth updated to 7.0.2.8415

On Tuesday, software giant Google released version 7.0.2.8415 of its popular Google Earth program. The new version, a 40.8 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: What’s New: – We have included substantial performance improvements to this build. You should see scenes load more rapidly than in our previous public Beta release. – We […]

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Apple posts multiple job openings for iOS 6 Maps team

When in doubt, bring in the new hires to make version 2.0 that much better. Per AppleInsider, Apple has recently posted multiple job openings to help bolster its newly-released Maps app, which has been almost universally panned since iOS 6 launched on Wednesday. Over the course of the past week, Apple has posted multiple listings […]