A woman whose car rolled 500 feet down an embankment near San Jose, California, was located through the Find My iPhone feature on her smartphone after spending 19 hours in the ravine where her Chevy Cruze ended up. The OnStar feature in her car triggered two calls to police, at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Monday, but neither pinpointed the location of her car. Police searched the area fruitlessly for hours. At 3 a.m. Tuesday, Vasquez’s stepmother called Campbell police to report her missing.
This all is really horrifying but at the end it is also proving the amazing levereages offered by iPhone to its users.
For Apple watchers, anytime one sees the name "Robert Enderle" and "Apple" mentioned in the same article, we know it is likely to be a SLAM on Apple about 99.9% of the time, no matter what. He makes his "click-driven" living by fomenting "headline-worthy" FUD against Apple. I'm sure he was laboring to find a way to knock Apple even in the present Apple-assisted rescue case mentioned here.
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Find My iPhone? Find Me! Lost Phone Feature Helps Rescuers Locate Crashed Car
Posted by: Richard Adhikari October 16, 2014 07:07 AMA woman whose car rolled 500 feet down an embankment near San Jose, California, was located through the Find My iPhone feature on her smartphone after spending 19 hours in the ravine where her Chevy Cruze ended up. The OnStar feature in her car triggered two calls to police, at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Monday, but neither pinpointed the location of her car. Police searched the area fruitlessly for hours. At 3 a.m. Tuesday, Vasquez’s stepmother called Campbell police to report her missing.
Wow. I imagine the stepmom helped provide answers like birthday date, etc., but still...