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Title: Facebook’s Safety Check is a super simple way to tell the world you’re OK Post by: HCK on October 17, 2014, 03:00:16 pm Facebook’s Safety Check is a super simple way to tell the world you’re OK
<article> <section class="page"> <p>When disaster strikes, we turn to our phones to find out if our friends and family are safe. But everyone else does too, and it can be impossible to call or text your loved ones when networks clog. So Facebook had an idea: Instead of reaching out to people one on one, why not just update social media?</p><figure class="medium right">(https://cms-images.idgesg.net/images/article/2014/10/facebook_safety-100525264-medium.png) <figcaption> <p>Facebook will send you a push notification if you're in the vicinity of a disaster.</p></figcaption></figure> <p>The network is rolling out Safety Check (http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2014/10/introducing-safety-check/), a new tool for iOS, Android, feature phones, and desktops that lets you quickly notify your Facebook friends of your whereabouts in the aftermath of an emergency.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2834617/facebook-s-safety-check-is-a-super-simple-way-to-tell-the-world-you-re-ok.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Facebook’s Safety Check is a super simple way to tell the world you’re OK (http://www.macworld.com/article/2834617/facebook-s-safety-check-is-a-super-simple-way-to-tell-the-world-you-re-ok.html#tk.rss_all) |