2 Startup Village smartphone apps among Nasscom’s top-10
27 Jun 2013 10:53 PM GMT
Two smartphone applications developed by firms at Kochi's Startup Village have been named among the 10 best apps designed for the security of women, by IT industry body Nasscom.
Sentinel developed by MindHelix Technosol Pvt Ltd and iFollow from Aucupa Innovative Solutions were among winners of Nasscoms first all-India 'App Fame Contest' to search for mobile tools to aid personal safety of women and to help deal with emergencies, a press release said.
Sentinel is a GPS-based application developed by MindHelix for Android devices and iPhone. It can make SOS calls and send text alerts and emails with location information to pre-saved emergency numbers and IDs at the touch of a button.
The application works even in situations where the user is unable to trigger the alert manually or the phone is destroyed or there is no internet access. It can be downloaded for free from Google Play and the App store. Aucupa's iFollow is an Android app that automatically dials voice calls to emergency contacts pre-configured on the device.
It is activated if the phone is shaken continuously for five seconds, and on standby works silently in the background to reduce power consumption and CPU usage. iFollow is also a free application that can be downloaded from Google Play.MindHelix and Aucupa are both fledgling companies incubating at Startup Village.
Sentinel developed by MindHelix Technosol Pvt Ltd and iFollow from Aucupa Innovative Solutions were among winners of Nasscoms first all-India 'App Fame Contest' to search for mobile tools to aid personal safety of women and to help deal with emergencies, a press release said.
Sentinel is a GPS-based application developed by MindHelix for Android devices and iPhone. It can make SOS calls and send text alerts and emails with location information to pre-saved emergency numbers and IDs at the touch of a button.
The application works even in situations where the user is unable to trigger the alert manually or the phone is destroyed or there is no internet access. It can be downloaded for free from Google Play and the App store. Aucupa's iFollow is an Android app that automatically dials voice calls to emergency contacts pre-configured on the device.
It is activated if the phone is shaken continuously for five seconds, and on standby works silently in the background to reduce power consumption and CPU usage. iFollow is also a free application that can be downloaded from Google Play.MindHelix and Aucupa are both fledgling companies incubating at Startup Village.
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