How to cut the cord with an antenna – the RIGHT way
YouTuber Tylor the Antenna Man shows the right websites to go to when considering cutting the cord with just a TV antenna.
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Month: July 2024
Group of hikers saved from wildfires by Apple’s Emergency SOS via Satellite on iPhone
As wildfires continue to burn across the Kootenay region, a group of four women were helicoptered off a glacier in B.C.’s West Kootenay region last week.
The dramatic rescue, amidst a challenging wildfire season, has officials warning people to be careful.
A search and rescue team flew through thick smoke, near an approaching wildfire to find the hikers, who were stranded on the Macbeth Ice Fields, northeast of Kaslo, about 390 kilometres east of Kelowna.
The four women, who all live in British Columbia, had been camping when the wind picked up, said Mark Jennings-Bates, the Kaslo Search and Rescue manager, who led the rescue.
“Embers were falling on their tent so they ran for their lives,” Jennings-Bates told CBC’s Daybreak South.
The rescue was especially challenging with smoke making visibility difficult for the helicopter pilot, he said.
Jennings-Bates said the stranded women were able to send a text message via satellite through Apple’s emergency SOS function, and that ultimately made the rescue possible.
“We were just able to sneak over a ridge and found them exactly where the cellphone ping said they were, which is really unusual and very satisfying,” he said.
“In this instance, their cellphone literally saved their lives.”
Via: CBC News
Meta’s WhatsApp hits 100 million monthly users in the U.S.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed this week that WhatsApp has surpassed 100 million monthly active users in the United States. The messaging app has seen rapid growth in major cities like Los Angeles, New York, Miami, and Seattle. Additionally, WhatsApp reports substantial growth in Southern states, with Texas boasting over 10 million users.
“This is the first time data pertaining to users has been released since Meta’s acquisition of the messaging app and demonstrates how the messaging platform, already the biggest messaging app in the world, has experienced tremendous growth in the U.S.,” WhatsApp spokesperson Ashley O’Reilly wrote in a press release.
Since purchasing WhatsApp for $16 billion in 2014, Meta has put a lot of effort into making the app as popular in the US as it is internationally. One such way is by advertising WhatsApp’s availability on iOS and Android, particularly how easy it is to message users across platforms.
Yet, while WhatsApp now boasts more than 2 billion users in over 180 countries, it’s still less popular in the US than rivals like Apple’s iMessage.
How to: Add your name to your iPhone Lock Screen
YouTuber Daniel About Tech shows you 2 ways to add your name - or another message - to the iPhone Lock Screen.
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