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December 5, 2012

SecuraTrac Health - New Mobile Technology Alerts Doctors, Family of Health Events

Patients wear adhesive sensor that instantly texts contacts if changes are detected.

Los Angeles, CA, — (PR.com)- SecuraTrac, a dynamic provider of mobile health and safety solutions focused on protecting children, seniors and employees, announced today the development of a new technology based on its award-winning mobile app, SecuraFone®. Developed in conjunction with Vital Connect, which is poised to become the leader in next generation biosensor and secure cloud technologies, SecuraFone Health can alert doctors, caregivers and family in real-time when an unexpected health event occurs.

SecuraFone Health will benefit consumers, patients, doctors and caregivers by detecting falls, caregiver-defined heart rate changes, and respiration rate changes as well as other key vitals. When an unexpected change is detected, the app will send a real-time alert including information about the user’s location and other key details to designated contacts.

SecuraFone Health employs a sensor worn by the user on his or her chest or back to monitor vitals 24-hours a day. Patches are water resistant, can be worn in the shower, and are worn for 2 - 3 days before needing to be replaced. They have up to a 50-foot communication radius for sending notifications to the user’s smartphone.

“We are excited about the potential of the SecuraFone Health app. We believe it will revolutionize the mobile health marketplace,” said SecuraTrac CEO Chris Holbert. “Doctors, caregivers and family members will now not only be able to monitor and receive alerts related to the whereabouts of their patients, children or aging parents, but also will receive alerts related to that person’s vitals in real-time. The monthly service is tied to a 24/7 emergency response center with trained healthcare staff, and so we expect that our mobile health and safety innovation will greatly reduce response times for those in need of emergency assistance as well as improve the overall care received by the user.”

“Vital Connect is pleased to announce its collaboration with Securatrac on the ground-breaking SecuraFone Health solution,” said Bill Brennan, Executive Vice President of Vital Connect. “As an integral element of the SecuraFone Health solution, our intelligent wireless biosensor will provide users an unprecedented sense of security while providing doctors, caregivers, and loved ones with increased peace of mind.”

The SecuraFone Health app is scheduled for release later this year. For more information visit www.securafone.com.

About SecuraTrac
SecuraTrac® develops, markets, and sells a suite of mobile health and safety solutions. SecuraTrac is dedicated to bringing families closer together and improving employee safety through GPS location based technology and state-of-the-art, easy-to-use websites. SecuraTrac’s SecuraPAL® Guardian solution for children is the recipient of The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval. SecuraTrac has also developed an award-winning GPS safety app, SecuraFone®, for Android® and iPhone® platforms as well as a free, life-saving service called SecuraChild™ that leverages crowd sourcing and social media to broadcast and accelerate the location of missing children. The company is headquartered in Hermosa Beach, CA. For more information please visit www.securatrac.com.

About Vital Connect
Vital Connect, Inc is a technology startup founded in 2011 with the goal to develop the newest generation of technologies to help address some of the most challenging human body sensor monitoring issues in the world today.

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July 23, 2012

New Mobile Technology Alerts Doctors, Family of Health Events Anywhere, Anytime

Patients wear adhesive sensor that instantly texts contacts if changes are detected.

Los Angeles, CA, July 23, 2012 -(PR.com)- SecuraTrac, a dynamic provider of mobile health and safety solutions focused on protecting children, seniors and employees, announced today the development of a new technology based on its award-winning mobile app, SecuraFone®. Developed in conjunction with Vital Connect, which is poised to become the leader in next generation biosensor and secure cloud technologies, SecuraFone Health can alert doctors, caregivers and family in real-time when an unexpected health event occurs.

The SecuraFone Health app is scheduled for release later this year. For more information visit www.securafone.com.

About SecuraTrac
SecuraTrac® develops, markets, and sells a suite of mobile health and safety solutions. SecuraTrac is dedicated to bringing families closer together and improving employee safety through GPS location based technology and state-of-the-art, easy-to-use websites. SecuraTrac’s SecuraPAL® Guardian solution for children is the recipient of The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval, and their LifeTrac® MobileProtectorTM solution for seniors was nominated for Frost & Sullivan’s Best Practices Awards for Excellence in Mobile & Wireless Communication Technology. SecuraTrac® has also developed an award-winning GPS safety app, SecuraFone®, for Android® and iPhone® platforms as well as a free, life-saving service called SecuraChild™ that leverages crowd sourcing and social media to broadcast and accelerate the location of missing children. The company is headquartered in Hermosa Beach, CA. For more information please visit www.securatrac.com.

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March 21, 2012

App Helps Parents Keep Watchful Eye on Students During Spring Break

Filed under: Distracted Driving, Family, Online, Outdoors, Personal Emergency Response System, Phones, Print, Safety, Security, Travel, Wireless Communications, _SecuraFone RSS, _SecuraTrac RSS — admin @ 9:00 am

By S. Brady Calhoun

PANAMA CITY BEACH — The first app a group University of Alabama college students created, called Red Cup, helped people find the cheapest drink specials at local bars.

Then Matt Staples, Nick Neveu and Ben Gordon thought they should create something else to balance out their first creation.

“We realized our app was probably getting people drunk, so we thought we should release something to get them home,” Staples said.

That thinking and a trip to New Orleans for the National Championship game between Alabama and LSU led to the creation of their second app, “Get Me Home.”

The app helps the user call a cab and, if you don’t know where you are, it has a location tool, Staples said. It’s not just for people who are too drunk to drive and so drunk they don’t know where they are, he added. It’s also for people visiting or moving to new cities who may not be familiar with their surroundings.

Staples said it was useful last week when he visited the Panhandle.

“We’ve been using it in Destin because we don’t know where we really are,” he said.

There are more than 500,000 apps in Apple’s app store, including dozens of choices for spring breakers and other tourists in Panama City Beach. Spring breakers with iPhones and iPads can get news and concert updates from Club La Vela and PanamaCity.com. The News Herald has apps for both the iPhone and the iPad. Google’s Android devices have similar options.

But while spring breakers are looking for things to help them have the most fun, or perhaps have the most fun while avoiding trouble, there also is an option for worried parents.

Securafone gives parents a chance to see where their kids are at all times and a “fence” around their location. If the phone leaves the area, which can be as big as a city or as small as a building depending on how the parent sets it up, the parent is alerted. The user of the phone also can send an alert if they are in danger. The alert can be set to call the right police agency for each person — say campus security for a college student — thereby avoiding extra time spent on 911.

“You have a device that is a defense mechanism. Something (that helps users) be able to reach out to the right people at the right time for the right reasons,” said Robert Tomlinson, the director of sales for Securatrac, the company that released the Securafone app.

The app has several other features, including a way to prevent users from texting while driving, Tomlinson said.

“The idea behind it is to protect children,” he added.

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March 13, 2012

Spring Break Safety is Common Sense

Filed under: Online, Outdoors, Personal Emergency Response System, Phones, Safety, Security, Travel, Wireless Communications, _SecuraFone RSS, _SecuraTrac RSS — admin @ 9:00 am

By Stacie Spring

During Spring break, it’s easy to let your guard down. You’re with your friends, you’re having fun (and some of the time, you’re drinking). But that also means you’re often in an unfamiliar place surrounded by people you don’t know. Below is a list of safety tips from the Arizona State University Police Department, Marcia Peot, StreetSafe chief safety officer, and yours truly, who managed to survive four spring breaks without losing life, limb or property.

1. Use common sense.

Stay in well-lit, well-travelled areas, especially if you’re in an unfamiliar place. “Being on vacation is not an excuse to throw caution to the wind and do something you wouldn’t normally do or to put yourself in an unsafe situation,” Peot said. Nearly every piece of advice falls under this category.

2. There is safety in numbers.

Stay with your friends and don’t go off alone or with people you don’t know, ASU PD warns. If there is anything we can learn from Natalie Holloway, it’s to stick with your friends.

3. Have a designated meeting place and time.

This can be the hotel room at the end of the day, lunch at a restaurant at 1 p.m. or even the fountains outside the Bellagio in an hour. Phones can die, ringtones go unheard and texts unanswered, so have a plan — and stick to it.

4. Bring your identification and/or passport.

Whether you travel to Mexico for the beaches or to Canada for the skiing, you’ll need your passport to get back into the country.

5. Speaking of Mexico — don’t go there.

The U.S. State Department has issued travel warnings for much of Mexico, including Sonora and Baja California, the two states neighboring Arizona and California. If you decide to go anyway, check the travel warnings online at www.travel.state.gov and stay in the tourist hot spots.

6. Spring break doesn’t mean you have to go crazy.

Half of all ASU students say they won’t be drinking at all during the break, according to ASU Health and Wellness. Another third reported they won’t be drinking for most of spring break. If you do drink, do it responsibly and follow the normal rules: Have a designated driver; if you put your drink down, it’s no longer your drink; don’t accept drinks from people you don’t know. If you believe someone has slipped something in your drink, go to the emergency room.

7. Make sure your hotel room is always locked and don’t leave your belongings unattended.

“Do not advertise your room number, open the door for anyone you are not expecting, or bring strangers back to your room,” Peot said.

8. Don’t forget your prescriptions.

In the hustle and bustle of packing, it might be easy to forget them. Also, make sure that all of your medications are in their original containers, ASU PD warns.

9. Be able to communicate.

Both ASU PD and Peot suggest keeping your cell phone on you at all times in case of emergencies, but if you’re anything like my friends, you do that anyway.

10. There’s an app for that.

OK, I understand if you don’t want your parents to always know (and potentially track) where you are. But during spring break, it might be a good idea to have a back-up plan.

The SecuraFone free mobile app has a simple SOS button. When you slide it, the app sends a text message, shoots an email and starts a phone call to preset phone numbers and email addresses. This can mean your friend or parent will know your location and can either find you or alert the authorities. It took me all of five minutes to download the app and set up the contact information online. Additional security options can be purchased on the website.

Another app (this one requires a monthly fee), StreetSafe is a personal security system that uses your phone’s GPS technology to instantly connect to help before a situation turns into an emergency. “The app’s ‘Walk with Me’ service offers a live connection to a professional safety advisor to keep you safe when walking in unfamiliar or threatening surroundings and instant access to 911 if needed,” Peot said.

For more information, head online to www.securafone.com or www.streetsafe.com. Additionally, you should be able to find other apps that work for you and your circumstances.

11. Drink plenty of water and use sunscreen.

Sunburn and dehydration would really suck when you’re trying to have fun. Plus, dehydration and alcohol are an awful combination.

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March 7, 2012

The Ski Channel - SecuraFone Uses GPS to Keep Skiers Safe

Filed under: Family, Fitness, Online, Outdoors, Personal Emergency Response System, Phones, Safety, Security, Travel, Wireless Communications, _SecuraFone RSS, _SecuraTrac RSS — admin @ 9:00 am

By Jaclyn Schottenstein

Mountain sports are both a great source of fun and inherently dangerous. Modern technology has enabled athletes the freedom to roam farther then ever before, and now, at least one company is utilizing technology to help keep them safe. SecuraFone®, a new mobile application from SecuraTrac®, turns any phone into an instant GPS locator that can text or email ski patrol with the press of a button in the event of an emergency. SecuraFone can also be used by resorts to track skiers if they venture into areas of the mountain that can be dangerous.

Whether on or off the mountain, SecuraFone can help mitigate an emergency situation…even before it happens. Here is how it works: using GPS technology, the SecuraFone app automatically tracks and reports locations with more than six alert types. Feature highlights include a “distracted driver” function, which disables email and text functions when driving, “SecuraFences,” which alerts an account holder if a pre-set virtual border is crossed (by entry or exit) and “speed alerts,” which notify designated contacts via email and/or text message if a pre-determined speed threshold is exceeded.

SecuraFone is currently available for iPhone and Android phones and is free to download with an $8.99 monthly fee. SecuraFone can be downloaded by visiting the SecuraFone website or through your mobile device’s app store. A SecuraFone application is also being developed for Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices. For more information, visit www.securafone.com.

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January 24, 2012

Parents.com on SecuraFone Mobile App

Filed under: Child GPS Tracking, Children, Distracted Driving, Family, Fitness, Online, Outdoors, PERS for Elderly, Personal Emergency Response System, Phones, Safety, Security, Seniors, Travel, Wireless Communications, _SecuraFone RSS, _SecuraTrac RSS — admin @ 9:00 am

There are apps that locate your children, but how about one that tells you how fast they’re driving? This app can do so by using the smartphone’s built-in GPS. Plus, the SecuraFences feature sends notifications if your child goes beyond a designated geographic area. Parents can view 90 days’ worth of map data using what the company website (www.securafone.com) calls a “breadcrumb trail” and access reports that include addresses and a history of all the alerts sent by the app. All this is done in the background of your smartphone via GPS.

Free to download and free to use with the Basic subscription. Premium service requires a monthly subscription.

Download SecuraFone on iTunes

Download SecuraFone on Android Market

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January 6, 2012

Wired Magazine - CES 2012 Preview: How Apps Could Rule the Show on SecuraFone

Filed under: Awards, Child GPS Tracking, Children, Distracted Driving, Family, Fitness, Online, PERS for Elderly, Personal Emergency Response System, Phones, Safety, Security, Seniors, Travel, _SecuraFone RSS, _SecuraTrac RSS — admin @ 9:00 am

By Christina Bonnington

Typically, when one speaks of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the conversation evokes imagery of a sprawling arena filled with booth upon booth of hardware.

But hardware isn’t everything this year. CES 2012 will be the first CES where apps show up in a major way.

Every new television or set-top box that boasts a smart TV interface is essentially a platform for app use and discovery. Android apps now run on Google TV, and next week’s CES will play host to a handful of Google TV announcements. What’s more, all of the major TV manufacturers now have a “connected TV” platform that plays host to widgets for Netflix, Amazon, Pandora, Twitter, and similar appy content sources.

Appliances are getting into the apps space too: LG’s ThinQ appliances directly connect to mobile apps for remote user control. And at this year’s CES, you’ll see automobiles stuffed with apps connected wirelessly to the cloud.

Yes, apps will be everywhere in Las Vegas next week, and the Consumer Electronics Association has added “Software and Mobile Apps” as a new product category this year, a nod toward the importance of apps in the overall electronics experience. Today, a consumer electronics company needs much more than hardware to succeed. It also needs an elegant user interface, and a quality selection of apps to distinguish itself from the competition.

The Synergy of Apps and Hardware

“Like CDs and DVDs in the past, apps are tied to the hardware,” said Robin Raskin, founder of Living in Digital Times, a CES Partner Program. “It’s becoming intrinsic to the hardware experience.”

For instance, children’s toymaker Wowwee will debut a line of collectible toys called AppGear at CES. The toys connect to mobile devices, mirroring the real world with the virtual world. So, if you’re playing with one of the line’s small foam airplanes called “Foam Fighters,” you can pretend you’re piloting a WWI airship using the accompanying app.

Transgaming is another company that’s bridging our interactions with hardware through mobile devices and apps. Transgaming has developed a platform that lets you play games using your mobile device and your TV — a rising trend known as multi-screen gaming. The company wants to use CES to broadcast its platform to service providers, content developers, and independent developers.

Vikas Gupta, CEO and president of Transgaming, described a few gaming possibilities: Playing a game of mobile-to-TV Scrabble with your family, or similarly, a game of poker, with your cards on your personal display, and the poker table up on the TV. At CES, Transgaming will be showing off a custom game called Ants at a Picnic, which lets you squash virtual insects on your TV by flicking and swiping bugs on your mobile device.

Approximately 60 percent of Living in Digital Times exhibitors are showing off apps in the sports, fitness and digital health sector. What’s more, in the section for kids products, 80 percent of exhibitors include apps as part of their presentation.

App Recognition
For the third year in a row, CES will be holding a Mobile Apps Showdown, a contest that pits submitted apps against one another for the popular vote. This year, developers entered over 100 apps into the contest.

Titles that have won in past years include Drive Safely, an app designed to curb texting while driving,Swiftkey, a personalized, predictive keyboard app, and Line2, which adds an extra phone line to your mobile device. Robin Raskin, the founder of a CES Partner Program called Living in Digital Times, says the top 10 is a good cross section of app offerings, ranging from video to healthcare to biking pedometers and geofencing.

For the first time, CES is also including a fixture called the Wall of Apps, housed in the show’s North Hall.

“It’s like a self-serve museum exhibit,” Raskin says. In its inaugural year, the Wall of Apps will show off 20 apps on various devices selected by the app developers. Titles like Line2 and Zinio, a global magazine service, will be on display for attendees to take for test drives.

App Launches and Demos
Standalone apps demos will also appear in booths at Pepcom (a major press preview event), and in the iLounge section of the CES show floor.

Scrible, an HTML5 app that will run in-browser on mobile Safari, is a fully featured webpage annotation and online research system for tablets. The service is already available for desktop browsers, but at CES, developers will be debuting the tablet version.

“Folks now recognize that the apps that run on the hardware are important to the user experience and, therefore, the success of a mobile device,” Scrible CEO Victor Karkar says. “The excitement for tablets will continue this year. We’re a part of that, and want to ride that wave.”

Chris Holbert, CEO of SecuraTrac, is a three-year veteran of CES. His company will be exhibitingSecuraFone, a safety-focused iPhone and Android app that uses GPS tracking to prevent distracted driving. In addition to being a good platform for developing new business relationships, CES is a great opportunity to connect with customers and suppliers, and scope out where the electronics industry is headed, Holbert says.

With apps of every form and flavor showing up at CES this year, it looks like more than just company employees are going to be energized. Apps are revving up to be a huge part of 2012.

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December 23, 2011

CES 2012 Preview: New App Unleashes Safety Power of Mobile Phones

Filed under: Alzheimer's Wanderer Locator, Autism Eloper Locator, Child GPS Tracking, Children, Distracted Driving, Family, Fitness, Online, Outdoors, PERS for Elderly, Personal Emergency Response System, Phones, Press Release, Safety, Security, Seniors, Travel, Wireless Communications, _LifeTrac RSS, _SecuraFone RSS, _SecuraTrac RSS — admin @ 7:00 am

SecuraFone^TM transforms Droid phones and iPhones into personal safety devices

SecuraFone^TM, a new mobile application debuting from SecuraTrac, harnesses the power of GPS technology to mitigate the potential for emergency situations, notifying you via text message when something could go wrong before it even happens. And, if you are driving, SecuraFone^TMlocks your phone to help you avoid driving distractions.

SecuraTrac will be exhibiting at CES 2012 in Las Vegas in South 4 Hall, Booth #35631. Leading up to CES 2012, SecuraFone^TM is competing in the Mobile Apps Showdown, a fast-paced contest where consumers and industry experts are asked to weigh in on the apps they think have what it takes to make it in the marketplace. To test SecuraFone^TM and to vote for SecuraFone^TM as the winning app, visit www.mobileappsshowdown.com.

SecuraFone^TM is currently available for Android phones and iPhones. SecuraFone^TM is available in a Basic and Premium version. The Basic version of the app is free and offers unlimited GPS tracking and an SOS feature that allows users to send an emergency message or place an emergency by pressing a slide button on the phone screen.

A powerful safety solution, the Premium version of the SecuraFone^TM app automatically tracks and reports young children’s, new driver’s or elderly parent’s locations with more than 6 alert types including speed, SOS, and SecuraFence (virtual border) alerts. With SecuraFone^TM, parents and children are constantly connected through text message or email alerts with the added benefits of a distracted driver feature that disables texting and emailing while driving. The Premium version is free to download with an $8.99 monthly fee.

SecuraFone^TM can be downloaded by visiting the SecuraFone website or through your mobile device’s app store. A SecuraFone^TM application is also being developed for Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices. For more information please visit www.securafone.com.

SecuraTrac CEO, Chris Holbert, will be speaking at the CES 2012 Silvers Summit on Tuesday, January 10 at 10:40am about mobile technology for seniors. For more information about the event, visit www.silverssummit.com.

About SecuraTrac
SecuraTrac® develops, markets, and sells a suite of products dedicated to bringing families closer together and improving employee safety through GPS location based technology and state-of-the-art, easy-to-use websites. SecuraTrac’s SecuraPAL® Guardian solution for children is the recipient of The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval and their LifeTrac® MobileProtector solution for seniors is currently nominated for Frost & Sullivan’s Best Practices Awards for Excellence in Mobile & Wireless Communication Technology. SecuraTrac has also developed a new GPS safety app, SecuraFone™, for mobile devices and a free life-saving service called SecuraChild™ that leverages crowd sourcing and social media to broadcast and speed-up the location of missing children. The company is headquartered in Hermosa Beach, CA. For more information please visit www.securatrac.com.

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December 20, 2011

SecuraTrac Makes the Semi-Finals in the CES Mobile App Showdown

Filed under: Alzheimer's Wanderer Locator, Autism Eloper Locator, Child GPS Tracking, Children, Distracted Driving, Family, Fitness, Online, Outdoors, PERS for Elderly, Personal Emergency Response System, Pet GPS Tracking, Phones, Press Release, Print, Safety, Security, Seniors, Travel, Wireless Communications, _LifeTrac RSS, _SecuraFone RSS, _SecuraTrac RSS — admin @ 9:00 am

SecuraFone^TM transforms Droid phones and iPhones into personal safety devices

SecuraFone Showdown Entry

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November 2, 2011

Mace International & SecuraTrac Announce Agreement to Sell through 500 Dealers

New app and GPS phone deliver instant emergency alerts and mobile safety for the family

HERMOSA BEACH, Calif., Nov 02, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Mace Security International, Inc. (otcqb:MACE) and SecuraTrac, LLC, a dynamic provider of personal location services and devices, announced a new partnership today. Mace will now be offering the latest developments in hi-tech safety products from SecuraTrac®, including LifeTrac® Mobile PERS and the SecuraFone™ mobile phone application, to all of its customers.

Chris Holbert, CEO of SecuraTrac, said, “We are excited to be working with Mace International to bring their customers our LifeTrac and SecuraFone product lines. Our partnership will offer their current and future customers new options for mobile safety solutions for seniors, children and businesses with lone workers.”

The LifeTrac® Mobile PERS solution works with a small, light and durable mobile phone that is a fully capable GPS locator called the MobileProtector. The MobileProtector combines the features of traditional senior mobile safety devices, including: motion detection and inactivity alerts, speed alerts and 24/7 emergency response teams that can be reached with the press of a button, with the capabilities and functionality of a cell phone. SecuraFone is a mobile app that harnesses the power of GPS technology to connect customers with a world-class emergency response center. In addition, SecuraFone automatically tracks and reports locations and offers more than six alert types including speed, distracted driver, SOS and SecuraFence alerts. SecuraFone is currently available for iPhone and Android phones.

Mace will be offering both product lines to its current and future customers via the Mace International website and its network of 500 dealers.

Morgan Hertel, Vice President and General Manager of Mace CS, states, “We are pleased to partner with SecuraTrac and to offer their new and exciting products through our distribution channel and to our customers.” For more information please visit www.macecs.com.

About SecuraTrac

SecuraTrac(R) develops, markets, and sells a suite of products dedicated to bringing families closer together and improving employee safety through GPS location based technology and state-of-the-art, easy-to-use websites. SecuraTrac’s SecuraPAL® Guardian solution for children is the recipient of The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval and their LifeTrac® MobileProtector solution for seniors is currently nominated for Frost & Sullivan’s Best Practices Awards for Excellence in Mobile & Wireless Communication Technology. SecuraTrac has also developed a new GPS safety app, SecuraFone™, for mobile devices and a free lifesaving service called SecuraChild™ that leverages crowd sourcing and social media to broadcast and speed up the location of missing children. The company is headquartered in Hermosa Beach, California. For more information please visit www.securatrac.com.

About Mace International, Inc.

Mace Security International, Inc. (otcqb:MACE) is a manufacturer of personal defense and electronic surveillance products marketed under the famous brand name Mace(R), and the owner and operator of a wholesale central monitoring station. For more information please visit the Mace International website at www.mace.com. The Mace Central Station website is www.macecs.com.

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