11.11.2013 15:20 Uhr, Quelle: Macworld UK

Guardian angel app launched in Australia after NZ success

A New Zealand success story, the Get Home Safe (GHS) app, has been launched in Australia.The free smartphone app, which is the brainchild of Kiwi entrepreneur Boyd Peacock, privately monitors users' location during an activity or task and raises a pre-set alarm if they don't 'Get Home Safe'. After its August launch in New Zealand, GHS attracted worldwide media attention and topped the country's iPhone App download charts hitting the number one spot on its first day of release. The app is simple and easy to use and aimed at people undertaking everyday activities such as children walking home from school alone, women travelling home after a night out and people working unsupervised in remote areas or in the bush. Once downloaded users register with GHS what they intend on doing, such as walking home after dark or going for a bike ride, and the time they will be 'home safe', for example in 15 minutes. GHS then acts as a 'guardian angel' safely recording GPS location data and check-in prompts to private

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