CNET News - Tech Minute: Safe trick-or-treating courtesy of these apps
CNET News - Tech Minute: Safe trick-or-treating courtesy of these apps
2013-10-25
celebrate Halloween with peace of mind
this year by downloading two free apps
mama bear is a great app for both iPhone
and Android users and is perfect for
keeping track of kids on a dark
Halloween night to get started have the
entire family download the app onto
their smartphones track your kids
whereabouts on a map and get alerted
when they cross preset boundaries like a
neighborhood or school property the app
also allows you to check in on your kids
Facebook accounts get alerts if they're
in a speeding car or tagged in a photo
on Instagram next have confidence that
your kids are trick-or-treating in a
safe neighborhood with sex offender
search another free app for both kinds
of phones using your location the Apple
pinpoint all of the registered sex
offenders in an area as well as point
out local fire and police stations and
hospitals register with the app and
we'll notify you if any new offenders
move into the neighborhood have a happy
and safe Halloween in San Francisco I'm
Kara Tsuboi cnet.com for CBS News
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