“Following the devestating earthquake in Japan earlier this year, Apple has added a new early earthquake warning notification option to iOS 5,” Mark Gurman reports for 9to5Mac.
“iOS 5 users in Japan can turn on early earthquake notifications at the very bottom of the iOS 5 Notification Center settings pane,” Gurman reports. “All the user has to do is flick a switch to start receiving these notifications. According to TIME, who profiled Japan’s earthquake warning system earlier this year, the system gives warnings from seconds to one or two minutes before the earthquake hits.”
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[Attribution: MacRumors. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]
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