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Volume 15 August 2017 Edition TerrorMate Launches Worlds First Terror Alert App LRAD DS-60XL, the Newest Addition to the ONE VOICE® Mass Notification Product Line from LRAD Corporation ceiving relevant, real-time information during a terror alert or an actual terrorist attack. TerrorTech LLC, part of the US-based inter- national defense contractor, DTS Group, and a competitor in the 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, has launched the world’s first terror alert mobile app. The TerrorMate app alerts users to both possible and actual terror attacks and provides information on how to stay safe in the affected area. A proprietary mobile application developed by TerrorTech, creates a structured mobile, real time, intelligence system that sends informative and factual terror alerts and safety guides during a terror attack/alert. Automatic utilization of the user’s location allows the app to deliver vital information tailored to each user’s location, steer- ing the user away from danger with alerts and directions to safety. (TerrorMate is the world’s first terror alert app and the one place where people can go to get relevant, real time info & clear understanding of what’s taking place. Courtesy of Barry Oberholzer and YouTube) TerrorMate, a verified Alert Distributor of FEMA’s (Federal Emergency Management Agency) IPAWS EAS (emergency alert system) alert feed, addresses the problem that traditional methods of communication can be unreliable during a ter- rorist attack and provides users a means of re- TerrorMate is the world’s first encrypted terrorism alert app with mobile to mobile encrypted instant messaging, terror alert and attack geo location feature and intelligence feed with 24/7 live sup- port The app also functions collaboratively, allowing users to help each other by up- loading real-time media of the attack or suspicious activity. Users can also share information or request lo- cations from their friends and family with the Ter- rorMate Follow Me feature and are able to send 67