My iPhone started making a loud chirping sound yesterday.

It wasn’t a new email or text, so I knew something was up. I noticed my wife had a puzzled look on her face — she has a Motorola Moto X and it was also sounding an alarm. Then, one of my kids received an alert as well.

It turns out that this was the first time any of us had ever received an Amber Alert.

I later received another message in my Facebook stream.

It’s a good example of how tech is changing society, even as we keep hearing about distracted driving, people “phubbing” constantly, and tech addiction.

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