As a method to provide emergency assistance to women in India, beginning in 2017, all mobile phones will be equipped with a panic button allowing users to make emergency calls. Furthermore, by 2018, ...

A South Carolina sheriff says officials will install a panic buttons app on every teacher's cellphone in his county. Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster said when someone hits the button, it alerts ...

The Gauteng Department of e-Government has brought its province-wide safety technology rollout to Soshanguve, introducing residents to the e-Panic Button app at the Erasmus taxi rank on August 13. The ...

When school starts in Broward on Aug. 11, everyone who works on campus will be wearing something new: wearable panic buttons. The idea is to provide another layer of safety. For the last couple of ...

The dating app unveiled a slew of safety updates, including photo verification. Tinder announced a slew of new safety features Thursday, ranging from letting users call emergency services while on a ...

Missouri State University has launched a new safety app called Bear Shield for students, employees and visitors. The app features a "panic button" that can make a voice or video call to campus ...