Autocorrect has been behind more than its share of misunderstandings, but today it stirred up a whole heap of trouble, even by its sketchy standards. Some poor university student’s phone corrected “gonna go” to “gunman” and got a school put into lockdown by the police.
Turns out iOS 5 is hiding Easter Eggs aplenty. Besides the camera’s secret panorama mode, an Android-style auto-correct bar has been uncovered as well.
Guys! The GMA crew discovered this crazy site called Damn You, Auto Correct, which chronicles 100 per cent real instances of the iPhone’s autocorrect replacing what people wanted to text with something zany. Great! Except for the part where it’s all fake.