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SPOT Connect helps your iPhone rescue you via satellite

by Mel Martin (Aug 11th, 2012)

Cellphones are pretty good for calling 911, or letting your family know where you are, but if you get in trouble off the grid things can go wrong in a hurry. Coverage is far from universal, especially in rural or wilderness areas. The folks at SPOT, a satellite service company, have a handy ...

iPhone video helps rescue trapped Chinese toddler

by Michael Rose (Apr 2nd, 2012)

If this story had hit yesterday, we might have cried "April Fools!" As it is, though, it's a remarkable tale of a rescue -- helped by an iPhone. A Chinese two-year-old was trapped in a 40-foot-deep well, and the crews working to extract him could not get their hoist harness properly ...

Brooklyn filmmaker working on app to help prevent sexual assault

by Michael Rose (Dec 16th, 2011)

When it comes to creating innovative apps to address municipal, environmental or social issues, the answer increasingly comes down to crowdsourcing. The public problem-solving site ChallengePost serves as a platform for innovative ideas from developers, working in areas as varied as the NYC ...

How to use PhoneView to fix your iPhoto camera roll woes

by TJ Luoma (Oct 29th, 2011)

If the Camera app and Photos app on your iPhone disagree about the contents of your camera roll, you may find yourself needing to get "under the hood" of your iPhone to fix the issue. Fortunately, you can do this without having to jailbreak and hopefully without losing any pictures. You may know ...

Next Apple gift to the Chilean miners should be...

by Michael Rose (Oct 14th, 2010)

As the world watched rapt and astonished, the emergence of the 33 Chilean mine workers from their subterranean refuge made for dramatic stories and oddly compelling TV. Along with the wraparound sunglasses (for eye protection) and other gifts that the miners and their families received, each man is ...

TUAW's Daily App: Deadliest Catch

by Mike Schramm (Apr 26th, 2010)

Brand-based games can be hit or miss -- at worst, they're a crass attempt to cash in on a name, and even at best, they often rely far too much on the license, leaving fun and design out of the equation. But the official Deadliest Catch game for the iPhone actually impressed me. As just a game on ...

Earthquake survivor says iPhone helped save his life

by Dave Caolo (Jan 20th, 2010)

Here's a remarkable story coming out of the horrendous tragedy in Haiti. Colorado Springs resident Dan Woolley was at a Port-au-Prince hotel when that tremendous earthquake struck, trapping him with a compound fracture in his leg and a laceration on his head. Fortunately for Dan, he had his iPhone ...

Totus Copy, for your dying hard drive

by Brett Terpstra (May 27th, 2008)

Performing regular backups of important data has been greatly simplified with the advent of Time Machine. For most people, in most cases, that's enough to ensure a good night's sleep. But for those situations where a hard drive in its death throes means a last minute panic to save whatever data can ...

iPod's glow helps rescue lost mushroom picker

by David Chartier (Nov 20th, 2006)

Talk about the iPod's halo effect: the Gazette-Times has a story about a 25-year-old "city boy" son of a mushroom picker who got lost in the back woods of Benton County, Oregon. Apparently picking went a little late, and after getting separated from her son, the mother sent a search and rescue team ...