Today, a new mobile application calledGuardlywas released in Apple’s app store, bringing users access to a real-time safety network that allows anyone in danger to broadcast incidents and notify 911. Using the Guardly app you’re able to quickly report an incident, which will send a location-based emergency alert to your safety group. Should you run into trouble, your safety network can be notified with one tap coupled with sending them your current location....

We get a lot of pitches here at The Next Web. And some of them are off the charts B2Boring. But every once in a while, a little gem pops up that sends ripples of laughter and wonder through our back channel. And then we share them… Here goes: President and CEO Mike Podhorzer wants to spread his new web site to the world. It’s calledPal Localeand he describes it as “a community of pals available for rent by the hour....

Every year, more and more money is being poured into driverless car tech, with car makers and other huge corporations betting that this’ll be the next big “thing” in the automotive industry. Anew studyby Leasing Options, a British car rental firm, revealswhich companies have been making the largest investments from 2014 up until now. And, yeah, we’re talking about alotof money. In the following graph we can observe the various annual investments per corporation:...

Switch off, tune out and, erm, hand over all your gadgets. That’s just one of the packages offered by theMarriott Renaissance Hotelin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Springwisereports. For those looking to really,reallyget away from it all whilst sill living in comfort, the hotel is offering a Zen and the Art of Detox package from now through to September 25th, giving guests the chance to “revive yourself from an over stimulated world.” Besides your accommodation in a ‘Deluxe King Riverview’ room and kayak lessons, you are also required to hand over all digital devices when you check-in....

GuideGuideis a handy little tool forPhotoshopusers. While Adobe’s InDesign has a panel for easily creating grids, Photoshop users have been forced to make their grids by hand, or use templates from the Internet that others have made by hand. Unfortunately, pre-made templates aren’t suitable for every situation, and designers on a rush job don’t want to spend forever measuring out guides. That’s where GuideGuide comes in. All you need to do is specify the dimensions of your grid, hit Create Guides, and you’re ready to go....