Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Chinese mobile software helps you keep tabs on loved ones who live alone. To me, its popularity isn’t surprising. When the ...

Apps that ask you to prove you are still alive sound like a dark joke, yet they are quietly becoming a serious category of technology. As more people live alone, move far from family and store their ...

Check In is an iOS 17 safety feature introduced in the Messages app. It can automatically notify a friend that your iPhone has arrived at a certain destination and choose what details they can see if ...

Each day, after feeding his cat and tidying up his home, Johnny Miller has one more task left on his to-do list: confirm on his phone that he is indeed still alive. He does this through a Chinese app ...

In the age of social media, you may feel like you’re keeping up with your friends and family, but the reality is that “liking” their posts isn’t the same thing as reaching out directly to say hello ...

Apple made a number of changes to the Messages app in iOS 17, introducing a new look, updated stickers functionality, and important new safety features that help people traveling alone feel safer.

Dear Savvy Senior: Can you recommend any services that check in on elderly people who live alone? I live about 200 miles from my 82-year-old mother and worry about her falling or getting ill and not ...