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California iPhone users freak out over Amber Alert sound
Am I the only one that just got that crazy Amber Alert on my iPhone?
— Ashley Vaughn (@ashley_vaughn) August 6, 2013
A statewide Amber Alert was issued in California last night as authorities search for 16-year-old Hannah Anderson and 8-year-old Ethan Anderson. James Lee DiMaggio, 40, is suspected of abducting the siblings from San Diego County on Saturday after he murdered their mother.
Amber Alert to iPhone, this is a first for me. Be on the lookout…. Blue Nissan versa 4 door pic.twitter.com/KsjITREDBA
— brian pokorny (@brianp) August 6, 2013
“California” and “#AmberAlert” zoomed up the Twitter trends chart as iPhone users received the alert. Amber Alerts are pushed to iPhone 4S and 5 phones running iOS 6.1.
Wow 2 trends worldwide about this Amber Alert. Kinda freaked me out tbh. Hoping the kids come home safe pic.twitter.com/xR2uEJj1S3
— jbfoeva (@g8_ruth) August 6, 2013
But the trend wasn’t solely about concern for the kidnapped kids. Won’t somebody think of the iPhone owners?
I guess the iPhone suddenly has a setting where it sends Amber Alerts along with a loud alarm sound. Not like I was sleeping or anything…
— Wes Lag (@wesisrad) August 6, 2013
The AMBER Alert on the iPhone has the most horrifying, startling sound.
— Dalton Tringali (@Dalt584) August 6, 2013
http://twitter.com/#!/kevinvarz/status/364627304145633280
Just got an amber alert on my iPhone accompanied by a tornado-warning style sound. That's a first!
— Poornima Gupta (@PoornimaGupta) August 6, 2013
Hope the kids are found safe, but is the iPhone amber alert meant to sound like the horn of a car containing kidnapped kids, because it does
— DINO DINCO (@THATDINODINCO) August 6, 2013
Woah… my first Amber alert on my iPhone… scared the crap out of me… pic.twitter.com/QND9Ixontc
— Bryce Jones (@BryceJones) August 6, 2013
Even the California Highway Patrol acknowledged that the Amber Alert “might have scared some of you.”
That Amber Alert tone you received on your cell phone might have scared some of you but we need all eyes out for this http://t.co/w9hfIq7Y2p
— CHP Southern Div. (@CHPsouthern) August 6, 2013
But when every second counts, the iPhone alerts are essential to raising awareness about abducted kids.
An upside to the freak-out: The trending Twitter topic brought much-needed attention to the abduction of Hannah and Ethan.
Instead of being annoying and trending the word "amber alert" let's try trend the actual picture… #RT pic.twitter.com/TsOyqdNDPQ
— A.J. Green (@_AJ3K) August 6, 2013
PLEASE WE CAN TREND TWEETS WITHIN A SECOND CAN WE USE OUR POWER FOR GOOD #AmberAlert #PrayForTheAndersons pic.twitter.com/Qi667ru7O9
— dirty dan (@peiweyhey) August 6, 2013
Here’s what the suspect looks like without facial hair.
New photo of California AMBER alert suspect James DiMaggio (KFMB) pic.twitter.com/wQ2uLy3xyA.
— Kelsey Duckett (@KelseyDuckett) August 6, 2013
For the record, the notifications can be disabled.
Why did you receive an Amber Alert message on your cell phone? Read more: http://t.co/w9hfIq7Y2p You can opt out in your phone's settings.
— CHP Southern Div. (@CHPsouthern) August 6, 2013
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