Hurricane Harvey rescuers turned to walkie-talkie app Zello while working to save thousands trapped by floodwaters last week. As Hurricane Irma runs through the Caribbean and approaches Florida, ...

When a buddy of mine suggested (insisted, actually) I try using HeyTell, my first feeling was that using it was like having a ridiculously slow-mo phone conversation: short staccato bursts of talking ...

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As Hurricane Irma flooded the streets of Miami on Sunday afternoon, voice after voice beeped to life in a Miami channel on the walkie-talkie app, Zello. One person said his food was wet, and asked if ...

Hundreds of people chimed in to hurricane relief channels on a walkie-talkie app less than 24 hours after Irma slammed into the tip of South Florida. One person asked where he could get food, another ...

A free walkie-talkie app has shot to the top of the App Store as the Caribbean and the southeastern US prepare for Hurricane Irma. The app, called Zello, lets you use your phone as a walkie-talkie or ...

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