I have posted earlier on Selfies; on
what was dubbed as ‘sickest selfie’ of all times by the Newyork Post; an
International selfie that was decried….and more…. I had also posted on the news of ‘British
women spending a month of their lives taking selfies... some
climb the ladder of success through ‘Selfie’ too in the mould of Triana
Lavey who had a chin implant, nose job,
cheek-defining fat grafts and Botox ~ now
makes a living help others to make money using selfies. Heard of ‘elfie’
or ‘theftie’ ……. Read on ……
Daily Mail reports of
the moment an elephant at a wildlife park used an iPhone to take the world's
first ‘elfie’. Visitor Scott Brierley, 23,
of Birmingham, had been traveling in the West Midlands Safari Park’s
drive-through elephant zone in Bewdley, Worcestershire, taking pictures of the
African animals. But as Mr Brierley, took one photograph on Bank Holiday Monday
he dropped his mobile phone and the keepers ordered him to stay in his car and
keep moving. Staff later retrieved his iPhone and Mr Brierley was stunned to
see 22-year-old elephant Latabe had touched the screen with her trunk - and
taken a picture of herself.
The events manager
said he has now got the world's only elephant selfie, adding: ‘I live quite
close to the park so I've been there a few times. The elephants are my
favourite along with tigers. He is quoted as saying that when the phone fell
down on the grass, the elephant was all over it - I think he thought it was
food. I didn't dare get out the car to get it. I just drove to one of the
workers I could see and he went to get it.
‘I really couldn't believe when the iPhone came back, I pressed the
centre button to check it was still working and “wow”, there it was. Me and my
friend were in shock.
Though the elephant
had taken two pictures, only one was good.
The keeper said, he was proud of the elephant named Latabe. The 200-acre
West Midlands Safari Park was opened in April 1973 and admission is £18 for adults.
On a
more serious note, here is something that technology can offer again linked to
‘selfie’ ……… this post in Daily Mail is about an application developed by San
Francisco-based company Lookout that takes 'theftie' photos and emails the lost phone's location to help track down
a stolen mobile. The theftie - a selfie
accidentally by a thief - will be accompanied by a map. Phone's
front-facing camera is triggered by a thief entering a wrong password, taking
out the SIM card, turning it off or engaging 'airplane mode'
With that innovative
app of San Francisco-based security firm – ‘selfies’ are no longer so
intentionally taken – but include accidentally taken ones of hapless
thieves. They provide users with alerts
when suspicious activity occurs on their iPhone or Android handset. Thieves
often remove a SIM card and turn off a device after stealing it to prevent the
owner from tracking it. So the Theft Alert service sends the victim an email
with a photo of the thief and a map of the device's location within minutes, to
give the victim the best chance of recovering their handset - and with it,
private information. Lookout, the company behind the idea, added the new 'Theft
Alert' to its premium service, which is designed to be used on iPhones and
Android handsets. The premium version of Lookout costs $3 a month or $30 for
the year and includes features such as backing up data, virus protection and
finding lost phones. Wait gentlemen, it is not available in our land ~ nor is
it available on Apple devices because the operating system won't allow it. One in 10 smartphone users in France, UK,
Germany and the U.S. have had their phones stolen, according to a report by IDG
Research on behalf of Lookout.
Interesting
and useful technology indeed….
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
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