emergency

Apple Watch Credited With Saving Woman’s Life After Poisoning

Emergency SOS function on Apple Watch credited with saving the life of a woman and her cat after carbon monoxide…

12 months ago

Oakland Declares State Of Emergency After Ransomware Attack

Californian city declares local state of emergency, after ransomware attack downed city systems earlier this month

2 years ago

Apple Launches Emergency SOS Feature In Canada, US

Emergency feature for Apple iPhone 14 handset users coming to the UK, France, Germany and Ireland in December

2 years ago

Coronavirus: Mobile Users To Receive Government Alert

Unprecedented move sees all operators in UK sending out government message with Coronavirus shutdown details to mobile customers

5 years ago

Louisiana Declares State Of Emergency After Ransomware Attacks

Spate of ransomware attacks on school systems leads state Governor last week to declare a state of emergency

5 years ago

Motorola Solutions Acquires Airwave For £817m

British firm's acquisition welcomed by trade union as Motorola spends close to a £1bn for Airwave

9 years ago

Twitter Signs Up 56 British Organisations To Its Emergency Alerts Programme

Users who want to receive emergency notifications via Twitter have to register with relevant accounts

11 years ago

FBI Warns Of DoS Attacks On Emergency Telephones

US authorities are warning about Telephone Denial of Service attacks against emergency telephone systems

12 years ago

FCC Announces Plan For Video And SMS 911

People in America may in future be able to summon the emergency services via video or text

13 years ago

ITU Deploys Emergency Telecoms To Japan

The UN agency for ICT is providing emergency telecoms for victims of the Japan earthquake

14 years ago