You might remember one of the good news stories to come out of January's Haiti earthquake. A Canadian woman trapped in rubble sent a text message to Canadian foreign ministry officials thousands of kilometers away. The message was relayed back to Canadian authorities in Haiti who were able to find and rescue her. With people increasingly using text messages, Facebook, Twitter, and other new media tools to seek help in a disaster, the American Red Cross sponsored … [Read more...]
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30 Tweet Gems from Emergency Social Data Summit
August 13, 2010 by Monica
Filed Under: Relief & Development Tagged With: #crisisdata, #SMEM, crowdsourcing, emergency social data summit, facebook, red cross, social media, swarm, twitter