A new project seeking funding on Kickstarter aims to bump up its IQ. The creators of the Dome Alert say it is a two-sensor home disaster alert system that works to detect threats from fire, flooding, ...

The government is conducting trials of mobile-based disaster alert systems across the country and has asked citizens to ignore messages that they will receive during tests, an official statement said ...

New Delhi: The government is conducting trials of mobile-based disaster alert systems across the country and has asked citizens to ignore messages that they will receive during tests, an official ...

Cell Broadcasting (CB) is a technology that allows the government to send emergency alerts to mobile phones in a specific geographic area. Unlike a standard text message sent to an individual, these ...

The alerts were pushed to mobile phones with a loud alarm sound, even overriding silent or do-not-disturb settings in some cases. India tested a new mobile disaster alert system nationwide Loud sirens ...

Several mobile phone users were left startled on Saturday morning after their devices suddenly rang with a loud emergency beep as part of the government’s instant disaster alerting service test.

If your phone buzzed on Saturday with an urgent-sounding government alert, you were not alone and there was no need to panic. Millions of mobile users across the country received a test message as the ...