11 posts and columns on disaster

Kenya’s Ushahidi Brings Tech Help Where It’s Needed Most

in Dive Into Mobile on April 16 at 10:15 am PT

Also, meet the BRCK.
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Yep, There Have Been Problems With Email Voting in New Jersey

in News on November 6, 2012 at 11:23 am PT

The day is still young. Expect a long night in America’s 11th most populous state.
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After Sandy, New Jersey Becomes an Unwilling Test Case for Internet Voting

in News on November 5, 2012 at 3:59 pm PT

Technical issues aside, voting is by and large conducted on the honor system. Who says it can’t work via email and fax?
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A Tale of Two Manhattans (Video)

in News on November 1, 2012 at 8:26 am PT

A walk into — and a guilty laugh about — the Dark Zone.
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After Sandy, Wi-Fi Becomes Precious Commodity

in News on October 31, 2012 at 11:36 am PT

What has got people gathering around closed Starbucks coffeeshops in lower Manhattan? Working Wi-Fi.
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Sandy Is Also a Perfect Digital Storm — Google Cancels NYC Android Event

in News on October 27, 2012 at 10:24 am PT

Everyone remain calm — Android guru Andy Rubin is still set to be onstage at D: Dive Into Mobile on Monday afternoon.
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Twitter Throws Japan a Lifeline

in Social on September 21, 2012 at 7:25 pm PT

No, not the kind on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”
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For Yahoo (And Me, Too), Time Is Brain

in News on November 23, 2011 at 2:38 pm PT

Yahoo has about 30 working days to make what has to be a complex and multiparty deal, in an effort that is akin to herding cats.
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BP: Our Data Blowout Preventers Don't Work Properly Either

in News on March 30, 2011 at 9:12 am PT

Another messy spill for BP. The energy company has lost a laptop containing the personal information of thousands of people who filed claims related to last year’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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Google Donates Cash, Blood for San Bruno Inferno Victims

in News on September 10, 2010 at 12:24 pm PT

Google often pulls together some special online resources in cases of disaster, but today it’s joining the rest of the Bay Area in marshaling tangible help for some of its neighbors–victims of the gas-fueled inferno that destroyed almost 40 homes in San Bruno last night, leaving at least four people dead and more than 50 injured. Noting that the initial blast was just two miles from its YouTube offices, Google said it was donating an initial $50,000 to the local Red Cross for relief efforts, directing employees to local blood drives and planning several of its own blood drives for next week. An annotated map of the neighborhood has also been posted and is open for collaboration.