Though the subject of many a punch-line in Silicon Valley, the Yo! app -- the app that lets users send the message, “Yo” -- has been enlisted to help alert Israelis to incoming missile
attacks. “What started out as a ‘joke app’ is being marshaled to provide supporters of Israel worldwide with real-time updates on missile attacks,” The Times of Israel reports.
Tapping the app is part of a broader effort to alert as many people as possible to potential attacks amid increasing tensions with Palestinian militants in Gaza.
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