From the monthly archives: March 2011
Lost in a teen’s excitement of packing up and heading to university or college is a mother’s nervousness and sense of isolation. For the first time in a mother’s life their child may not be within the same city, or even country, for a long period of time. How can moms manage this helpless and overwhelming feeling. How can worried mothers ensure their children stay safe at school? Or simply put, how can mothers sleep better at night?
A child’s promise to stay in touch and always check-in does little to actually calm a mother. While the inability to protect and provide security may leave a mother feeling helpless and vulnerable. There are countless articles and how-to parenting books that help mothers cope and let-go when teens first leave the nest, but there a few tangible solutions that actually empower parents to stay connected with their children.
The Guardly app can bring that sense of safety and security back to mothers and allow them to stay connected to their child while they are away at university. Guardly provides a location-based mobile platform that allows students to alert, connect, and then collaborate with their parents and even 911 in emergency situations. Students can activate the app with a single tap and communicate with their personal safety network from anywhere in the world. Guardly allows users and their personal safety network to communicate via voice, sms, web, and email, while displaying real-time locations of the victim and each emergency responder.
With the vast majority of teens going to college or university already being active mobile phone users, mothers can simply download the Guardly app onto their child’s smartphone within seconds. The app acts as a safety net to improve student and campus safety. For example, the Guardly app can be activated in such minor cases as a student walking home late at night from the library, or more serious cases such as a student having an asthma or panic attack in an isolated dorm room.
Guardly’s mission it to improve the emergency response process and help save lives. To learn more about how Guardly can help keep families safe and connected, visit the product overview page. The Guardly app will be available in April 2011 through the Apple App Store, and on Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone platforms within the next few months. Stay safe!
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Taking charge of your health is a growing trend for North Americans. With the rise in obesity and diabetes statistics, it’s no surprise that we’re all trying to be more active. While most people can be found pumping iron in the gym, the more adventurous types are exploring the great outdoors.
Hiking has recently become a popular form of exercise, and with Spring around the corner, many outdoor enthusiasts are gearing up to hit the trails. Trekking through the woods and up mountains is a great way to get in touch with nature while staying fit and active. However, hiking trails can be dangerous and safety tips should be considered before embarking on your travels.
Always let someone know where you’re going and what time you’ll return. If they notice you’re missing, they could notify authorities. It’s also helpful to bring a map or familiarize yourself with the area you’ll be going through, take note of emergency aid or park staff stations. Check the weather so you can adjust your route or the time of your excursion. This tip in particular does not only apply to hikers. Other outdoor activists, such as those who snowboard, should take caution with the weather as well. In US states Oregon and Colorado, snowfall and severe weather conditions made it difficult to locate missing persons on the slopes.
Another way to take care of your safety is to bring a smartphone. Authorities can track signals to find your location as seen in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Cragsmoor, New York. In addition to having your phone, using the Guardly app can be helpful.
Guardly is a mobile location-based app that allows you to alert, connect, and then collaborate with your personal safety network in an emergency situation. It allows you to communicate with friends, family, and authorities in real-time via voice, sms, email, and web conferencing. In cases where you’re outdoors and have a danger or injury alert, Guardly can help emergency services locate and assist you. Our mission is to improve the emergency response process and help save lives.
To learn more about how Guardly can be a part of your outdoor safety precautions, visit the product overview page. The Guardly app will be available in April 2011 through the Apple App Store, and on Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone platforms within the next few months. Stay safe!
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Domestic violence is a well known social problem. Over the years, people have become more aware of abuse in relationships and are speaking out against partner-to-partner violence. From strangulation to stalking, threats, and even being held at knife-point, women are suffering in abusive relationships. It is important for individuals to recognize the signs of abuse and they should try to seek help immediately.
Domestic abuse is an overarching term that involves physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. Physical abuse can be considered any type of contact that is meant to cause injury or bodily harm. This includes slapping, punching, pushing, and assaulting someone with an object that brings about physical pain. Physical abuse can result in bruises, broken bones, and even death. Sexual abuse involves any form of sexual interaction that is without consent. This includes kissing, fondling, and intercourse. This type of abuse usually coincides with sexual harassment. While the most recognizable form of abuse is physical, emotional abuse is harder to notice. It is done verbally through insults, criticisms, and negative comments. Emotional abuse results in the victim feeling ashamed and worthless.
No woman should have to cope with relationship abuse but the decision of whether or not to leave is highly dependent on financial factors. The cost of moving out and child care can be difficult but women should know that there are support groups available to assist them. Some couples choose to work on their relationship through marriage counseling. This can help to stop or prevent abuse. However, if a woman finds herself in a dangerous situation and needs protection or medical attention, Guardly can help.
Guardly is a mobile location-based app that allows you to alert, connect, and then collaborate with your personal safety network in an emergency situation. It allows you to communicate with friends, family, and authorities in real-time via voice, sms, email, and web. In abuse cases, Guardly can help emergency services locate and assist you. Our mission is to improve the emergency response process and help save lives.
To learn more about how Guardly can help women stay safe, visit the product overview page. The Guardly app will be available in April 2011 through the Apple App Store, and on Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone platforms within the next few months. Stay safe!
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Guardly’s Josh Sookman and Nolan Dubeau sat down with InLab Ventures‘ Jenn Karlman during DEMO Spring 2011. Josh and Nolan explain how Guardly uses social networks to enable a new form of smartphone-based personal safety for iPhone, Androd and BlackBerry users.
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So you’re single again and ready to jump back into the dating world. Where do you begin? Ask your friends for dating advice? Go on a blind date? Check-out an online dating site? Maybe you’ll just accidentally bump into that special someone who you’ve been eyeing every morning at the coffee shop. Although the options are endless in today’s hyperactive society, it’s always important that no matter which method you choose you’re not just dating, but smart dating.
What is smart dating? It’s socializing safely, being aware of your surroundings, staying alert, thinking before doing, and always letting your friends and family know where you are. Single women everywhere are aware of the risks involved with meeting someone new and many are becoming discouraged by the dangers. Smart dating can help young women stay safe. It can be as simple as meeting up at the park, coffee shop, or a restaurant during the day, or even just letting a trusted friend know where you’ll be, at what time, and when they’ll hear from you next.
We constantly read frightening news articles and headlines about crimes occurring at bars and clubs. Unfortunately, due to the nature of these environments women tend to be more vulnerable and exposed to attacks. The unforgivable use of date rape drugs is still prevalent around the world, as was evident recently New Jersey, Malaysia, and the UK. This constant influx of violent headlines has left many women unsure about dating and perhaps the risk is simply too high for some.
One way to lower the chances of dating risks and dangers is to implement a smart dating plan. The Guardly app can help single females stay safe while out in the dating world. The app gives users a reliable way to alert, connect, and then collaborate with their personal safety network – which may include friends, family, or even 911 and EMS professionals – in real time via voice, email, web, and sms communication.
The Guardly app also allows users and their personal safety network to see real-time location updates within a collaborative interface. This helps reduce the time it takes individuals and authorities to respond to an emergency. These valuable features can help females feel more safe while out meeting men and dating.
To learn more about how the Guardly app can help you stay safe while dating, visit the product overview page. The Guardly app will be available in April 2011 through the Apple App Store, and on Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone platforms within the next few months. Stay safe!
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Your boss made a comment earlier that caught you off guard, it left you feeling uncomfortable. Discussing it with the HR department is an option but that could cause some problems. You and your family are depending on this income, reporting your boss might leave you unemployed.
Many female workers have found themselves in this situation, where someone has crossed the line and shown workplace abuse. This type of behaviour includes (but isn’t limited to) verbal abuse, violence, sexual harassment, and discrimination. Where to go from here can be overwhelming for these young professionals.
Harassment cases don’t always involve a supervisor or co-worker as the perpetrator, it can be a customer or client. Also, these offences may take place outside of the office and occur on the way home, as seen in Kitchener, Ontario and Aspen Hill, Maryland.
Women in the workplace are having their professional safety compromised. It is important for them to recognize that workplace harassment exists and that they need to ensure workplace safety. By working with the Human Resources department, women can discuss the various forms of workplace abuse and decide how to handle the situations. However, should a woman feel that she is in severe danger, Guardly may be able to help.
Guardly is a mobile location-based app that allows you to alert, connect, and then collaborate with your personal safety network in an emergency situation. It allows you to communicate with friends, family, and authorities in real-time via voice, sms, email, and web. In cases where female safety becomes an issue or workplace accidents occur, Guardly can help emergency services locate and assist you. Our mission is to improve the emergency response process and help save lives.
To learn more about how Guardly can help, visit the product overview page to learn more about the app. The Guardly app will be available in April 2011 through the Apple App Store, and on Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone platforms within the next few months. Stay safe!
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Over the past decade, countries around the world have experienced more and more natural disasters. From the the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan to the devastating Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the need for effective search and rescue tools has never been higher.
According to the Unites State Coast Guard the most important elements of any disaster management search and rescue operation are lives saved and time elapsed – unfortunately these factors typically work against each other.
The technological abilities of today’s rapidly developing smartphones are improving the way both victims and responders are engaging in search and rescue missions. For example, Google recently launched a person-finder app, which allows users to search for missing people in disaster hit regions.
The features and functionality of the Guardly app can also be used in natural disaster situations to help reduce the time it takes responders to locate and reach victims. For example, by leveraging the app’s LocationAssure technology, rescuers will be able to pinpoint victim’s exact locations and reach them faster. This will not only decrease search and rescue times, but also save lives.
The recent 9.0 earthquake in Japan left friends and family members from around the globe worried about loved ones. It took over 48 hours for two Canadian teens trapped in the quake zone to reach their families. The Guardly app allows individuals in such dangerous situations to instantly connect to their loved ones from anywhere in the world through voice, sms, email, and web communication.
The Guardly app can also help victims of other types of natural disasters, such as fires and floods, communicate with disaster recovery specialists by sharing photos to ensure responders are aware of potential geographic obstacles and dangers.
To learn more about how Guardly can help in disaster situations, visit the Guardly product overview page to find out more about the app. The Guardly app will be available in April 2011 through the Apple App Store, and on Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone platforms within the next few months. Stay safe!
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It’s 10:13 pm and I finally managed to finish editing my video project. As I leave the deserted multimedia lab, I contemplate how I’m going to get home. Do I walk to the outskirts of campus and catch the local bus, or do I face the cold and trek through the neighbourhood next to mine? I decide walking home would be best since the buses don’t run as often after 7 pm, plus I could use some fresh air after being cooped up in the lab all day. Before leaving the building, I lower the volume on my iPod and send a quick text to my sister letting her know I’ll be home soon so we can Skype.
What I just did before leaving wasn’t because I care about my hearing, or feel the need to remind my sister of our date, it was for my safety. Being a young female student at university, I’m conscious of the dangers of walking alone at night so I take care in ensuring I’m aware of my surroundings. Even though there are university security officers and emergency poles located throughout the campus, I still try to do my part for staying safe at school.
We too often read about young women being assaulted while trying to cross a school campus. These are unfortunate incidents and they happen to occur at random. It is important for students to be proactive about their safety at college.
Earlier this month, a young student was attacked while walking through the Louisiana State University (LSU) Parade Grounds at night. The female student managed to fight off her attacker, but police officials were unable to locate the suspect. Similar incidents, which have raised school safety concerns, also occurred near the UC Berkeley and Georgia State University campuses.
Students should know that they have options for managing their safety. A new iPhone application, Guardly, is one of them. Guardly is an emergency services application that alerts and connects your personal safety network via voice conference, sms, email and web. With the touch of a button, you can notify authorities of your situation and receive a faster response.
The use of this application isn’t limited to students walking alone at night though, it extends to other emergencies that can affect personal and public safety. With severe weather patterns and low temperatures, accidents such as this can easily occur.
Queen’s University in Canada and the University of Iowa in the US both had incidents occur in their residence halls, resulting in these areas becoming a concern for campus safety. A recent shooting at San Jose University show that gun violence on campus isn’t always random.
The Guardly app can also help friends and emergency responders arrive at the scene of common campus traffic accidents faster, which may help reduce the seriousness of victims’ injuries. American Ivy League school Stanford recently experienced a similar accident leaving a female pedestrian injured.
To learn more about how Guardly can help you, visit the Guardly product overview page to find out more about the app. The Guardly app will be available in April 2011 through the Apple App Store, and on Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone platforms within the next few months. Stay safe!
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Hard on the heels of our story about Bluelight earlier this year comes word of another mobile app focused on personal safety. Guardly is a new service that lets users in emergency situations connect with family, friends and authorities at the touch of a single button.
Now in beta, Canadian Guardly begins by helping users create a personal emergency network on their phone, complete with friends and family who can be relied upon to help in emergency situations. Public services such as 911 can be included, and Guardly is partnering with regional security agencies, police services and university/college operations as well. Either way, when trouble arises, the app immediately alerts and connects the user’s personal safety network via voice conference, sms and email, thereby speeding the arrival of help. Guardly’s LocationAssure technology pinpoints the user’s precise GPS location and provides information about what resources are nearby. Users can even snap a photo of a threatening person or situation, and Guardly automatically tags the location, uploads it to a secure server and shares it with the user’s emergency contacts. Finally, to coordinate an action plan, the service allows those involved to collaborate as a group via mobile web, web, sms and voice conferencing.
Once it launches fully, Guardly will reportedly operate on a freemium business model, with an alert system offered at no charge but a monthly subscription fee for the service’s other features. It’s currently available only for iPhones, but versions for BlackBerry and Android are on the way. App-minded entrepreneurs: what could you bring to the table for enhanced personal safety?
Website: www.guardly.com
Contact: www.guardly.com/beta/contact.cfm
Spotted by: Bryce Hufnal
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by MONIKA JANSEN on MARCH 16, 2011
As the 9.0 earthquake and devastating tsunami in Japan remind us, communicating during an emergency can be difficult, to say the least. By allowing you to communicate with your safety network instantly, Guardly turns your smart phone into an emergency response device to get you the help you need, faster.
With just the touch of a button, Guardly connects with your personal safety network and alerts family, friends, and authorities via voice conference, sms, and email. Using their LocationAssure technology, Guardly is able to pin point your exact GPS location and provide you with valuable information about what’s around you and how it can aid your situation. This technology also makes it possible for your safety network to always know exactly where you are, so they can also help out from a distance.
Quickly regain control of a situation by snapping a photo of a threatening person or situation. Recorded media is immediately uploaded to Guardly’s secure server and shared instantly with the authorities and your emergency contacts, tagged with your location.
Toronto-based Guardly is partnering with regional security agencies, police services, and university/college operations to provide even greater protection when emergencies occur within those areas.
Henry Sams is a TechCocktail intern, college student, and Washington, DC metro native who has a passion for new technology and marketing through social media. He has always been interested in new tech innovations, start-ups, and gadgets and would like to create a start-up of his own some day.
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