The iPhone App That Helped Save Algerian Hostages in the Desert

Make fun of iPhone 5s and their terrible maps all you want, but the next time you're in an Algerian hostage situation, running for your life 20 miles across the dessert with almost no water and no real idea where to go, remember that Apple phone's native Compass app just may save your life. That's one of the things we gleaned from The New York Times's interview with Liviu Floria, one of the gas …

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The iPhone App That Helped Save Algerian Hostages in the Desert

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