Today, 77 percent of children between the ages of 12 and 17 have a mobile phone. Recognizing this, Tangoe (News - Alert), Inc., a communications lifecycle management software provider, has developed FamZee, an easy way to keep track of family members and make sure that they are in-budget and safe.
Among the many benefits of FamZee are:
- The ability to track device location.
- Geo-fence alerts.
- Device locking capability so that parents can set times that children are able to use their device.
- Storage of medical information for potential future medical situations, including contact information for the family doctor, allergies, and prescription use.
- The FamZee alert button, which sends an e-mail alert with the user’s location to the user’s emergency list.
- Parental alerts when children are send text messages or using the Internet during classtime.
- The ability to manage voice, text, and data usage of each user’s device and set limits for each user.
The benefits don’t end with teens. FamZee is a way to keep track of the whole family. Busy moms are already raving about FamZee, beaming about its wide range of applications, from making sure that their children aren’t sending text messages during class to receiving immediate alerts when there is an emergency with elderly parents.
Anyone who is interested in adopting FamZee for their own family has two options. The free service provides families with basic location tracking, emergency alerting, and personal usage management. The premium service allows for tracking the location history of each device, the ability to create an unlimited emergency distribution list, the creation of parental controls, and access to data related to usage and time-based events. For those who want to give the premium service a test-run before purchasing, never fear: all users will receive a free 30-day trial.
Daniel Rudich, senior vice president of FamZee, illuminates the benefits, calling the functions “easy”, “intuitive”, and “fun-to-use” for both adults and children. As he sees it, the potential benefits are limitless, “FamZee is a revolutionary tool for families to help manage their mobile lives.”
Edited by Brooke Neuman