Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, Internet, Apple, Developer, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch Jonathan Zdziarski, who has appeared on this pages before for other iPhone-related hijinx, has written an open letter to Apple about the AMBER Alert iPhone app he's written. Apparently he's work...

Filed under: Cell Phones, Computers Living in the connected age -- where things like Twitter and text messaging are an accepted part of life -- is great. We're able to pass information quickly across vast distances to large amounts of people. There is the inevitable downside, though; once you get th...

There's an Amber alert in place (or being cancelled), and it's always good to check on the details by clicking the ticker if you're anywhere in the area. Tonight one drew my attention and it turns out it involves a child who was abducted from her own home in the middle of the night. A five-year-old ...

Dammit. Here we go again. That’s all I can say right now. I’ll try to say something that makes sense tomorrow. :(...

Haleigh is three feet tall, weighs 39 pounds, and has blonde hair and brown eyes. At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing a pink shirt and underwear. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to contact the Putnam County Sheriff's Office at 386-329-0808. Steve Huff over at True C...

This one sounds like something you’d read about on Parents Behaving Badly, but I just had to share it. First an amber alert for an 18 month old little boy, later it would be reported she was safe, however where she was found would turn the entire case. A man (Joshua Barnes) borrowed a car from...

(CBS/AP) The mother and brother of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson were found murdered yesterday in their Chicago home. A suspect is in custody and a nationwide Amber Alert has been issued for Hudson's 7-year-old nephew. CBS News correspondent Cynthia Bowers reports that Hudson returned t...

Update 10-26 Paige and Levi apparently contacted family today from Council Bluffs, IA. Relatives are enroute to get them. Many variations on the story below. Parents of Paige Alley, 14, and Levi Carlson, 16, have confirmed that their children have been found safe in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Paige's par...

UPDATE 10/19 10:56AM EDT. COLE PUFFINBURGER found alive walking on the street by a bus stop in Northeast Las Vegas. Abducted 6-year-old boy found alive in Las Vegas Hinesberg Journal, Canada - 2 minutes ago Cole Puffinburger was recovered at around 10:30 pm Saturday after a caller informed detective...

Well, it’s about time. With 48 billion text messages sent every month in the United States and one of every eight American households using only mobile phones for communications, it’s finally occurred to the federal government that a nationwide cellphone alert system might be a good idea...