June 6, 2011

Amber Alert GPS Wins Best of Utah…Again!

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Once again Amber Alert GPS won a Best of Utah medal for the Science and Technology category on  Saturday night. Amber Alert GPS was well represented at the  Salt Palace Convention Center in downtown Salt Lake City on the evening of June 4, 2011. It was a very formal and festive event where the best businesses in Utah are rewarded for their contribution to the state and their respective markets. Amber  Alert GPS was well represented in the Grand Ballroom by Joseph Stith,VP of Sales, his lovely wife, Vicki, Alan Weidner, VP of SEO/Web/Affiliate marketing, and his wife, Mona.

The food was fantastic and many of the guests were remarkable. Dyllan Bayles sang “Bring Him Home” from Les Miserables better than any other rendition we had heard. It was phenomenal. Caleb Chapman ans his 13-18 year old jazz band was fantastic….great big-band sound. David Archuleta, of American Idol fame, was one of the presenters as was Mark Eaton, former Jazz star and local restauranteur. A wonderful evening.

Julia Howard
www.amberalertgps.com

November 20, 2010

Amber Alert GPS on CBS Early Show!!

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early_show_logo_smallOn October 30, 2010 the CBS Early Show highlighted the Amber Alert GPS ARMOR device on it’s program! They were doing a child safety segment for the Halloween weekend and decided to discuss child locator devices and personal tracking devices.We were so dang excited about it and thought you’d like to check it out yourself here:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/30/earlyshow/saturday/main7006417.shtml?tag=latest

Our new ARMOR device should be out by the end of this month. Certification and testing are on-going, but it is on the way. We’ll keep you posted as we learn more about it’s arrival.

Julia Howard
www.amberalertgps.com

November 12, 2010

New Amber Alert GPS ARMOR Update!

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Well, it has been absolutely crazy around here lately, what with the launch of our new ARMOR child tracking device. This is the ultimate child locator and we have been working on it for almost a year. We have FCC and SAR certification on the new device and will have PTCRB certification on December 1st.  This may all be greek to you, but what it means is that our new Amber Alert GPS ARMOR child locator device will meet all the standards for mobile devices in North America. In other words, no corners being cut…we are getting the best and most qualified device ready for the market.

It was supposed to have been shipped on November 1, 201o but because of testing delays for certification we have to delay it till the end of this month. Here are two changes we made to this new device that we thought we were going to have when we started:

1. no temperature alert. The testing was getting very skewed results which, if relied upon by a parent, would drive us all to drinking! The numbers, being the temperatures, were so off the chart, that if our child went outside on a cold wintery day, the temperature might read 100 degrees. So, that didn’t work for us. We will continue to work on it and may introduce it again at some later time, but for now it is being shelved.

2. the two way voice is going back to one way voice monitoring. Our microphone is not loud enough so we will go back to simple voice monitoring, which was a popular feature on our old 2G device. Possibly in our next shipment we will have the 2-way voice monitoring working as optimally as we expect it.

Well, that’s the update for today. Lots of excitement here at Amber Alert GPS about this new device. The new predator alert will knock your socks off!

Julia Howard
www.amberalertgps.com

October 18, 2010

The Importance Of Finding Kidnapped Children Quickly

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The news seems to be constantly filled with stories of children who are taken from their usual routines by both acquaintances and even family and in some cases these children are never seen again. Other than a few rare well publicized incidents such as Elizabeth Smart the children that are seen again are found fairly quickly to be return to their families.

If you ask an authority on the subject the first few hours after and abduction are crucial to a child returning home safely as the longer they are gone the better chance they will not be found again. The longer a child is with an abductor the wider the potential search area can become and without a clear idea of where the child is being taken man power can become so spread out the search becomes futile.

Just a few years ago parents had nothing they could do to potentially save their child in this situation and that was to teach their child not to talk to strangers or get in their cars. Parents today have technology on their side and can place a personal tracking device on their child in order to be able to locate them at any given time. With this information coordinates can be passed on to a cell phone that contain the location of a child so that authorities can recover them in that precious first few hours.

While the odds of it happening to any one family are slim it can happen and for those who are prepared finding their child in an emergency is a snap with a personal tracking device such as the Amber Alert all for a low cost that is worth every penny for a little peace of mind.

Julia Howard

www.amberalertgps.com

September 13, 2010

Missing Children’s Day in Florida Today

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We received this email from one of our Amber Alert GPS affiliates. Though you might like to know…
Good morning wanted to remind all of you that tomorrow is Missing Children’s Day here in Florida. Ceremony at the State Capitol 10 am, Governor Crist presiding. Joyce and I are unable to make it due to prior commitments however it is a time to reflect on the over 3800+ Missing Floridians as well as the people who help find them and bring them home for the good or the bad.  Nationally there are approximately 101,000 missing on any given day.
Our daughter Jennifer is one of those who still remain missing, www.findjenniferkesse.com and we will not stop our efforts to find her and bring her home where she belongs.

I have quoted this before yet it holds so true
” The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it” – Albert Einstein
–
Respectfully,
Drew Kesse
813-404-7061
Thanks, Drew! Our best to you and your family.
Julia Howard

July 9, 2010

Vote For Amber Alert GPS on Pepsi Refresh Project!!

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We are excited to announce that our project proposal to supply 1000 Amber Alert GPS child tracking devices to low income families in high risk neighborhoods has been accepted! All we need to do now is get votes for our project. You see, the project with the most votes wins the award. We’d like to encourage all of you to go to http://www.refresheverything.com/amberalertgps and click the “Vote For This Idea” button on the left hand side of the page. We are counting on our thousands of clients and site visitors to vote on our project so that we can provide this invaluable service to 1000 families in need.

You can also go to Facebook and vote for us. Here is how you do it:

1. Login to your Facebook account

2. Open a new tab on your internet browser, while keeping your Facebook browser tab open

3. Go to http://www.refresheverything.com/amberalertgps and Vote for our idea

4. Once you have voted, look further down the project page and you’ll see “Promote this idea”, under which you will see a Facebook and Twitter image.

5. Click on the Facebook image icon and follow the instructions.

6. When the Facebook comment box comes up, just say something like “Save a child’s life by taking 30 seconds to vote today and everyday until July 31st. Just click the link below!”

Now, wasn’t that easy? If you’re really savvy with Facebook, you can even create an event for this on Facebook.

Thanks for your assistance with this. We appreciate you working with us in spreading the word about child safety.

Julia Howard
www.amberalertgps.com

June 3, 2010

Amber Alert GPS in Hong Kong!

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As most of you probably know, Amber Alert GPS is not just a product for North America. We have distributors all over the world. We just got these pics from our distributor for the Far East and they are of buses in Hong Kong. If you look closely you’ll see the Amber Alert GPS logo on the outside of the buses. Pretty cool, eh? Well, there is a huge demand for tracking devices outside of the USA. We get all the Amber Alert news here, but in other countries kidnapping and missing kids/adults is like an epidemic. One fellow we do business with is from Venezuela, and he has been abducted 3 times!! People are abducted and then a ransom is placed on them for their safe return. That is how some scoundrels make money in other countries.

Amber Alert GPS on Hong Kong bus

Amber Alert GPS on Hong Kong bus

Amber Alert GPS on Hong Kong bus
Amber Alert GPS on Hong Kong bus

Amber Alert GPS on Hong Kong bus

Amber Alert GPS on Hong Kong bus

May 31, 2010

The Amber Alert GPS And Teens

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While most parents are more concerned with protecting their smaller child from abduction and usually only consider a device like the Amber Alert for this age group there are benefits to outfitting a teen with one of these as well. Many parents opt to keep tabs on their teen via a cell phone and this is a decent choice but there are limits to a cell phone and the bill can in some months get a little out of hand.

An Amber Alert GPS tracking device has a feature that will let parents check the speed in which the device and therefore the child is traveling. For parents trying to keep teen drivers safe being able to check to make sure they are driving at safe speeds can go a long way to making them a better driver. There is even a speed alert that will send parents an alert when it is exceeded. In many cases just knowing parents can find out how fast they are driving will make teens more responsible.

Not only can parents track the speed of teens but use the device to ensure that their teen is doing and going to the places they are telling them they are. While cell phones are useful for actually talking to a teen it will not report to you on where they are and is only useful when they actually answer it.

While designed for smaller children this GPS child locator device has many applications and potential for teens. Of course parents need to be aware that even teens are in danger of being kidnapped so not only will it keep teens in check but protect them from dangers they tend to let their guard down on now that they are older.

Julia Howard
www.amberalertgps.com

May 29, 2010

Setting Safe Zones On The Amber Alert GPS Child Locator

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One of the features that parents appreciate most on the Amber Alert GPS child locator is the ability to program in safe zones. Safe zones are areas, most often around the neighborhood they live, where children spend a considerable amount of time playing with friends. Of course a zone do not have to be around the home, it can be anywhere a parent chooses it to be.

These safe zones are areas which parents can define in the web interface for the unit that will allow them to receive an instant notification should the GPS tracking device and the child leave the zone. Since kids out playing with friends usually have boundaries they are supposed to remain inside this is just an electronic way for parents to monitor their child and ensure that they do remain in the assigned play area.

Whether the child leaves this area on their own or through the coercion of a stranger the child locator device will instantly send a message to the cell phone of the parent to notify them that this has occurred. If the child has been abducted this will alert parents who can alert authorities instantly of the problem. Research and studies show the first few hours after an abduction is crucial to finding the child. As more time passes it becomes harder for investigators to locate missing individuals. With the Amber Alert should a child leave their safe zone parents will know immediately what happened not minutes or hours later.

Parents can easily program in the safe zone for their child through the Amber Alert web interface. Should they have any problems getting this feature setup the support staff is available to assist them in order to get the most benefit of protecting their child with this personal tracking device.

Julia Howard
www.amberalertgps.com

May 25, 2010

Protecting A Child From Non-stranger Abduction

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While the news may lead parents to believe that strangers are the biggest threat to their children in reality this is not the case. Most abducted children are taken by someone they know whether it is an estranged parent, another relative, or someone that has come into the lives of the family. Of course a surprising amount of abductions are those involving parents who are separated or divorced from the other parent and feel wronged or cheated when it comes to custody and time with the child. For parents who have primary custody of their child this is most often a thought in the back of their mind when visitation comes around but many times the courts do not give them the opportunity to not allow the other parents rights.

For custodial parents a child locator device may be the best solution if they fear that one day the child will not be returned after a visitation. The unit can use GPS technology to track the whereabouts of the child and alert them should they leave a safe zone with their other parent to an area they should not go.

Even in situations where the non-custodial parent does not have unsupervised visit’s a personal tracking device can be used to ensure that they do not pick up the child when they are not supposed to and try and take them away to start a new life elsewhere.

The Amber Alert GPS child locator cannot prevent a non-custodial abduction but if the child has one of these units they can be found and recovered quickly to return home to the place where the courts have decided they should be. Not on the run with a parent who feels they are doing the right thing though it in reality is not.

Julia Howard
www.amberalertgps.com

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