BLACKSBURG — Virginia Tech has expanded its emergency notification system with a software application that connects it to supported computers on the Internet.
The university said in a news release Wednesday the VT Desktop Alerts software will monitor the school’s emergency notification system. When an important message is posted, the application will notify the user with audio and a message with details.
The software can be downloaded to any desktop or notebook computer running a supported version of Microsoft Windows or Apple Mac OS X.
Virginia Tech expanded its emergency notification system following the mass shootings in April 2007 in which 32 people were slain. Messages already are sent by e-mail, text messages, calls to designated phone numbers, online instant messages, outdoor sirens and electronic message boards in classrooms.
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