Microsoft launches new safety app for Windows phone users

BANGALORE: Technology giant Microsoft today launched a new application 'Guardian' with safety features, exclusively for Windows Phone users. 

Guardian enables users to switch on a 'track me' feature in the app that lets friends and family track them in real-time using Microsoft Windows Azure cloud services and Bing Map APIsBSE 0.00 %, the company said in a release. 

Guardian enables users to switch on a 'track me' feature in the app that lets friends and family track them in real-time using Microsoft Windows Azure cloud services and Bing Map APIsBSE 0.00 %, the company said in a release. 

Guardian users can call for help through an 'SOS' alert button and also connect to security agencies, police and hospitals easily via this app in times of crisis, it added. 

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