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‘Gunna’ to ‘gunman’ autocorrect mishap leads to lockdown at two Georgia schools
Author: James Cliff
Text message autocorrect may not often lead to more than mildly comical mishaps, but today one instance of an unintended correction spread fears about a possible gunman and led to the lockdown of two Georgia schools, Gainesville Times reports. Police say that the text message, which was sent to the wrong phone number, was supposed to say “gunna be at west hall today” but was instead changed to “gunman be at west hall today.” The recipient then passed on the message to the police, who coordinated a lockdown at West Hall middle and high schools. The lockdown was later cancelled after authorities traced the message to a student and discovered that there was no actual threat. We’re not sure which platform performed the correction, but mobile…
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iPhone 4.0 SDK Flash Lockdown and the Blogosphere’s Reaction
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iPhone 4.0 SDK Flash Lockdown and the Blogosphere’s Reaction
Ouch. Looks like writing apps in Flash is verboten, according to the latest iPhone OS 4.0 SDK legal language. CS5 and other cross-compilers could be dead in the water.
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Young Saudis bypass social lockdown with Facebook
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How can young people connect — and date — in a conservative society that forbids men and women socializing together?
Props to CNN.com – Technology
