New app allows to find lost Android phone for freeMarch 5, 2011 - 17:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - If you have an Android phone and lost it somewhere you can easily find it using Android app called Plan B. The app will automatically start running on your device and it will send its current location to your Gmail address over the next 10 minutes. If for some reason it doesn't start, you can borrow a friend's phone and text the word "locate" to your phone number Android user can install this app after phone goes missing. Plan B is a free application. Unfortunately it may not always be a free option for Android user. It’s free because it's still experimental. It's worth noting that GPS isn't implemented in the same way on all Android devices, it relies on your phone having access to a signal and it won't work if the phone is switched off. In tests, Plan B wasn't always accurate in some of its emails, but other emails (the ones with a higher accuracy rating), the location was more precise. Plan B works in the U.S. only at present, ReadWriteWeb reports. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |