Verizon’s HopeLine App Provides Support To Victims Of Domestic Violence

HopeLine from Verizon

HopeLine from Verizon

In many ways, we look at technology as a way to make our lives easier. Faster, stronger, better. But in the march towards quicker processors and more powerful GPUs, it’s easy to miss the details. Take a look at the latest Android app from Verizon Wireless, HopeLine. It’s an app for smartphones and tablets that was designed to provide support to victims of domestic violence. DV is a huge issue in America and around the world, but because it’s mostly private, very little consideration is given to it from the masses. Read the full story at Hot Hardware.

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Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).