For women, the ‘safely home!’ text is just something that we all have to do.
Because even the simple act of walking home after dark is just too dangerous.
But while letting your friends and family know when you’ve made it home helps everyone sleep a little easier, it doesn’t offer much help if something actually does happen.
That’s where Companion comes in, a new app which lets you virtually accompany your friends as they walk home.
Here’s how it works. Anyone who’s worried about walking home can use the app to choose ‘companions’ – people in their phone-book who… Read the full story