The Chinese mobile app "Are You Dead?" which sounds an alarm if a user doesn't check in every 48 hours, has announced it will drop its catchy name, after it drew international media attention. It rose ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Credit: Cheng Xin/Getty Images News via Getty Images) An interesting app called Are You Dead? has taken over China. It ...

Each day, after feeding his cat and tidying up his home, Johnny Miller has one more task left on his to-do list: confirm on his phone that he is indeed still alive. He does this through a Chinese app ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Chinese mobile software helps you keep tabs on loved ones who live alone. To me, its popularity isn’t surprising. When the ...

Apps that ask you to prove you are still alive sound like a dark joke, yet they are quietly becoming a serious category of technology. As more people live alone, move far from family and store their ...

Enter Demumu, a Chinese-made personal safety app whose name roughly translates to "Are you dead?" The app was designed to address concerns around so-called "lonely deaths," a growing issue in ...

They say, “Whether you’re a solo office worker, a student living away from home, or anyone choosing a solitary lifestyle, ‘Are You Dead?’ serves as your safety companion to make solitary life more ...

An iOS app called “Are you Dead?” is going viral for its morbid name and brutally straightforward concept. The app presents a big green button, tapping which tells your emergency contacts that you’re ...

It is the Year of the Horse, and in China, a frowning horse plushie is selling out. The "Are You Dead?" app went viral, but was later removed from the Apple App Store. Apple said China's cybersecurity ...

Stephen McDonell writes at the BBC: A new bleak-sounding app has taken China by storm. Named Are You Dead? the concept is simple. You need to check in with it every two days – clicking a large button ...