Mobile phone plays valuable role in wake of tsunami disaster (AFP)

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Internet Plays a Wider but Limited Role
in Disaster

Internet Plays a Wider but Limited Role
in Disaster 01/04/2005 06:19 PM
The Internet has also become the main conduit of private donations for what is shaping up to be the biggest international relief effort in decades.

Mobile Cell Phone Towers For Disaster
Relief

Mobile Cell Phone Towers For Disaster
Relief 06/30/2004 05:56 PM

Microsoft plays role in Sasser arrest

Microsoft plays role in Sasser arrest 05/10/2004 06:04 AM
Web-User May 10 2004 9:41AM GMT

WLAN Plays Key Role in California Casino

WLAN Plays Key Role in California Casino 05/10/2004 10:01 AM
Pechanga resort teams with technology integration group for wlan infrastructure.

Search Plays Key Role in B2B Sales –
Part 1 of 2

Search Plays Key Role in B2B Sales –
Part 1 of 2 06/22/2005 02:33 AM

Integration Plays Key Role in Oracle's
Upcoming 11i.10

Integration Plays Key Role in Oracle's
Upcoming 11i.10 09/07/2004 03:58 PM
Oracle announced better integration between its namesake Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control and its Applications Manager that is designed to facilitate more efficient operations with the 11i.10 version of Oracle's E-Business Suite.

Apple plays major role at Beijing
Exhibition

Apple plays major role at Beijing
Exhibition 08/27/2004 02:02 PM
Chinese MUG (Macintosh User Group) Beijing Macintosh Union recently posted a news story on its Web site about the 2004 Beijing International Radio and Television Exhibition, which started on Aug. 25 and will end on Aug. 28. According to the article, Apple played a major role at the trade show, posting large ads outside the convention center and placing a large booth in the exhibit hall, where the company showed off its new 30-inch Cinema Displays and Power Mac G5s, as well as Final Cut Pro HD, Motion, DVD Studio Pro 3 and other pro video and audio software. Other companies, such as TDK and Sony, were also on hand, some showcasing Apple solutions too. More information and photos are available on the BeiMac Web site.

Internet Plays Growing Role in
Presidential Race

Internet Plays Growing Role in
Presidential Race 04/13/2004 12:39 PM
NewsMax.com Apr 13 2004 5:06PM GMT

Outlaw Militia Plays Role of Ad Hoc
Police Force

Outlaw Militia Plays Role of Ad Hoc
Police Force 08/08/2004 12:12 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 2 - The Mahdi Army, a militia loyal to the radical Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr, is one of the biggest thorns for Americans in Iraq, periodically erupting in violent challenges to the American-backed interim government. But even when truces are declared, the militia is at hard at work on the streets of Sadr City, a slum neighborhood here in the capital.

Microsoft Reward Program Plays Role in
Arrest

Microsoft Reward Program Plays Role in
Arrest 05/10/2004 02:48 PM

Intellectual property plays key role in
wealth creation, social well-being

Intellectual property plays key role in
wealth creation, social well-being 05/18/2004 01:19 PM
Korea Herald May 18 2004 4:40PM GMT

Computer industry plays leading role in
promoting IT sector

Computer industry plays leading role in
promoting IT sector 12/05/2003 10:12 AM
Peoples Daily Online Dec 5 2003 9:12AM ET

Text in the City plays a key role in
public/private security initiative

Text in the City plays a key role in
public/private security initiative 06/14/2004 09:33 PM
Computer Weekly Jun 15 2004 1:42AM GMT

Tsunami disaster relief...

Tsunami disaster relief... 12/29/2004 06:41 PM
Everyone: As is probably the case with most of you, I'm struggling to come to grips with the loss of life and destruction from the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami. The pictures of the dead and injured, especially the childr...

Wikipedia and the Tsunami Disaster

Wikipedia and the Tsunami Disaster 12/28/2004 03:06 PM

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake: If you haven't looked yet, Wikipedia is — once again — doing an insane job keeping track of developments in the Southeast Asia tsunami disaster.

Currently on the page is scads of information about what caused the tsunami, what a tsunami is, what the currect effects are, what every country is going to help, and what phone numbers and URLs you need if you want to assist. It's an amazing level of detail and it should be your first stop for information, rather than any of the news outlets.

We've previously raved about Wikipedia's abilities in this respect with Hurricane Ivan, the Madrid Bombings, and the 2004 Olympics.

Mobile Phone is a Day to Day Need for
Everyone to Stay Connected with Their
Loved One's. Mobile Phone Chargers from
BB-shopping Helps to Connect More to
Them

Mobile Phone is a Day to Day Need for
Everyone to Stay Connected with Their
Loved One's. Mobile Phone Chargers from
BB-shopping Helps to Connect More to
Them 02/05/2005 09:23 PM
BB-Shopping helps you buying best quality and long life Mobile Phone Chargers for dufferent Models and Variants of Mobiles. [PRWEB Feb 3, 2005]

NYT, Fox News, others on bl0gs and
tsunami disaster

NYT, Fox News, others on bl0gs and
tsunami disaster 12/29/2004 08:31 PM
Xeni Jardin: John Schwartz wrote an insightful piece for the New York Times this week about the role blogs play in covering and responding to the tsunami disaster. I was interviewed for the piece, but the people who really have something interesting and valuable to say are the ones over there, on the ground -- and the folks rolling up their geek sleeves to assist.

From relaying first-person accounts (like Sanjay/Morquendi's SMS reports in Sri Lanka), to kick-starting relief efforts (tsunamihelp.blogspot.com, and the Post-Tsunami Reconnect project), to questioning media coverage ( Ethan Zuckerman's post about Myanmar), there's a lot going on here The amateur-shot image shown here ran in the NYT story. Snip:

"At sumankumar.com, Nanda Kishore, a contributor, offered photos and commentary from Chennai, India: 'Some drenched till their hips, some till their chest, some all over and some of them were so drenched that they had already stopped breathing. Men and women, old and young, all were running for lives. It was a horrible site to see. The relief workers could not attend to all the dead and all the alive. The dead were dropped and the half alive were carried to safety.' His postings included a photo of a body on a sidewalk with a buffalo walking by. 'It now seems prophetic," he wrote, "for according to the Hindu mythology, Lord Yama (the god of death) rides on a buffalo.'"

Link to story.
Fox News did a segment on this subject yesterday. I spoke with anchor Jon Scott about some of the blogosphere reports we've been pointing to from BoingBoing in recent days. Here are video clips of the Fox News segment: Real, Windows (Many thanks, Mike Outmesguine, for TiVoing and kindly hosting.)

There have been a number of related stories out in the past 24 hours in the Wall Street Journal (Link, sub required), Libération (France) (Link), the Inquirer (UK) (Link), and AP (Link) . (Thanks to BB readers including Jean-Luc for pointers).

Xeni on NPR: bl0gs and the tsunami
disaster

Xeni on NPR: bl0gs and the tsunami
disaster 01/04/2005 11:55 PM
Xeni Jardin: On the NPR program "Day to Day" this week, I join NPR's Alex Chadwick to discuss the role of blogs in responding to the tsunami disaster. From first-person accounts, to amateur videoblogging, to tech aid, to fundraising coordination, to "citizen journalism" (nod to Dan Gillmor) that sometimes pokes holes in official government-isssue accounts -- we explore online voices around the world.

Li nk to archived audio for this program, expanded coverage on the NPR website includes pointers to video files and torrents. Link to NPR Day to Day home. This week, listeners in Boston are hearing the show on their local affiliate WBUR for the first time -- so, consider this a shout-out to Boston.

Aid Groups Struggle with Tsunami
Disaster

Aid Groups Struggle with Tsunami
Disaster 12/28/2004 12:50 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 28 2004 3:23PM GMT

Yahoo! News - Asian Tsunami Disaster

Yahoo! News - Asian Tsunami Disaster 12/31/2004 12:43 PM
updates here

news.yahoo.com/asiadisaster
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FBI warns of online scams associated
with tsunami disaster

FBI warns of online scams associated
with tsunami disaster 01/06/2005 05:40 PM
The FBI today warned that a variety of online scams asking users to send money for the victims of the recent tsunami disaster have popped up online in the past week.

Blogs, Wikis And Photobl0gs Testify To
Tsunami Disaster

Blogs, Wikis And Photobl0gs Testify To
Tsunami Disaster 12/29/2004 06:14 PM
Information Week Dec 29 2004 9:22PM GMT

Bloggers in SE Asia cover quake and
tsunami disaster

Bloggers in SE Asia cover quake and
tsunami disaster 12/27/2004 12:42 PM
Xeni Jardin: Image: Screencap of TV coverage in Bangkok, Buddhist monks chanting for the souls of those who died in the disaster. At present, the international death toll stands at nearly 24,000. Ron Morris in Thailand says, "Since the first tremor from the Sumatran quake was felt in Bangkok over 36 hours ago, we have been blogging the latest news about the disaster. Includes screen grabs from Thai TV and links to locals who took photos of the wreckage after the tidal waves." Link

Cameron Sinclair of the nonprofit group Architecture For Humanity tells BoingBoing, "Two members of the WorldChanging.org crew live close by the Tsumani disaster and are reporting on whats going on: Link. As for reconstruction issues, a page is being set up at Architecture for Humanity to cover this: Link."

Here is a photoblog maintained by a man named Fred in Sri Lanka, with snapshots of the destruction in Jaffna, where he lives and works: Link. Here's another Sri Lankan blog maintained by "Zeus": Link. See also this livejournal maintained by a man named Ernest who was in Phuket when the catastrophe hit. Link. Here's a personal blog maintained by a person in Malaysia, with posts related to the event: Link. Blogger Rezwan in Bangladesh posts about a near-miss here.

BoingBoing reader Dav asks how he and other displaced Western tourists can help.

"Just since I know you guys are at the nexus of a lot of information: I'm here in Thailand on holiday, been staying on the island of Koh Samui on the east side of Thailand. We had been planning to go to Krabi (one of the places hit hard in southern thailand) in a couple of days for a psy-trance party. Now we're thinking of keeping the flight tp Krabi and trying to volunteer to help however we can. Any ideas on how to find out if any organization would want volunteers and where/what? I tried a few sites like Red Cross, etc but didn't notice any info on emergency volunteering and the net connection is so slow it is difficult looking around."

Pointers to other blog coverage welcome, submit sites here.

Update: Alex Steffen of worldchanging.com says,

"Some South Asian bloggers, including a couple of my colleagues from Worldchanging, have set up a blog tracking relief efforts and how folks can contribute: tsunamihelp.blogspot.com.

"We're also going to be posting more throughout the day on Worldchanging. This is not "just" one of the worst disasters of the decade, one where every bit of help will be needed to save lives and rebuild, it's also a call to change the way access to basic science is shared on our planet.

Most of the tens of thousands of people who died yesterday might have been saved with better scientific, communications and warning systems."

And here are more eyewitness blog accounts from bloggers in Phuket, Thailand: p leloup, Andrew Sutton: Link 1, Link 2, and the French Photojournalism Association: Link. (Thanks, Jim Basman)

Computer Helps Identify Tsunami Disaster
Victims

Computer Helps Identify Tsunami Disaster
Victims 01/05/2005 03:10 AM
PA News via The Scotsman Online Jan 5 2005 7:17AM GMT

Aid Pledges Rise for Tsunami Disaster,
Disease Lurks

Aid Pledges Rise for Tsunami Disaster,
Disease Lurks 01/01/2005 06:53 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 1 2005 10:37PM GMT

Asian carriers mobilize after quake,
tsunami disaster

Asian carriers mobilize after quake,
tsunami disaster 12/29/2004 11:31 AM
Asian telecommunication carriers are mobilizing to help those affected by the weekend's devastating earthquakes off Indonesia and subsequent tsunami waves.

iCapital Finance Plays Important Role in
Storage Computer and Beijing Challenger
Group’s Distribution Agreement

iCapital Finance Plays Important Role in
Storage Computer and Beijing Challenger
Group’s Distribution Agreement 06/05/2004 02:30 AM
Storage Computer Corp., a Nashua, NH Corporation (AMEX: SOS) (“Storage Computer”), announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Beijing Challenger Group (“Beijing Challenger”) of China. Storage Computer is a provider of high performance storage and date management software. Beijing Challenger will carry Storage Computer’s CyberNAS software product offering in their portfolio for distribution throughout China. [PRWEB Jun 5, 2004]

Internet's role in tsunami aid
significant

Internet's role in tsunami aid
significant 01/06/2005 12:10 PM
MENAFN Jan 6 2005 3:43PM GMT

Web weaves unprecedented role after
tsunami

Web weaves unprecedented role after
tsunami 01/05/2005 07:28 PM
CNN Jan 5 2005 11:16PM GMT

Wake Forest Uses Mobile Computing
Solution

Wake Forest Uses Mobile Computing
Solution 09/24/2004 08:12 PM
iPAQ News Sep 24 2004 11:43PM GMT

Former Ebony Magazine "Future Leaders 30
& Under" Entrepreneur, Plays Key Role in
Launch of Black-Owned Tech Marketing
Company

Former Ebony Magazine "Future Leaders 30
& Under" Entrepreneur, Plays Key Role in
Launch of Black-Owned Tech Marketing
Company 02/01/2005 10:01 PM
Former Broadcast Journalist named to Ebony Magazine's "Future Leaders" list in 2001 (Dwann Holmes Olsen), helps launch one of few Black owned tech marketing companies in the world. [PRWEB Jan 15, 2005]

T-Mobile offers free WiFi in Charley's
wake

T-Mobile offers free WiFi in Charley's
wake 08/14/2004 04:50 PM
In the wake of Hurricane Charley

Role of United Nations shines in Tsunami
calamity

Role of United Nations shines in Tsunami
calamity 01/02/2005 01:56 PM
Arabic Media Internet Network Jan 2 2005 4:29PM GMT

Online Giving to Tsunami Disaster Relief
Efforts Surpasses U.S. Support of $350
Million, Kintera Est

Online Giving to Tsunami Disaster Relief
Efforts Surpasses U.S. Support of $350
Million, Kintera Est 01/03/2005 07:44 AM
Biz.yahoo.com - Mon Jan 3, 11:36 am GMT

The Chinese mobile phone industry's
shipment volume rose 64.2% year on year
to reach approximately 65.2 million
units as the PAS mobile phone shipment
broke a record high

The Chinese mobile phone industry's
shipment volume rose 64.2% year on year
to reach approximately 65.2 million
units as the PAS mobile phone shipment
broke a record high 06/11/2004 03:15 AM
Research and Markets are delighted to announce the addition of The Chinese Mobile Phone Industry, 1Q 2004 and Beyond to their offering [PRWEB Jun 11, 2004]

Verizon Wireless Rolls Network Crews,
Mobile Cell Sites in Wake of Hurricane
Frances

Verizon Wireless Rolls Network Crews,
Mobile Cell Sites in Wake of Hurricane
Frances 09/05/2004 08:21 PM
Investors Business Daily Sep 6 2004 0:21AM GMT

New "Mobile Console" Plays PC Games

New "Mobile Console" Plays PC Games 05/12/2004 06:55 PM
Via Technologies Inc. has teamed up with a startup company to create yet another entertainment device. The latest effort, the MoMA Eve, is a handheld game player capable of playing PC games, its creator says.

ISPFlash.net has Pledged their Entire
Profits from January 2005 to the
Salvation Army to Support the Tsunami
Tragedy Disaster Relief Efforts

ISPFlash.net has Pledged their Entire
Profits from January 2005 to the
Salvation Army to Support the Tsunami
Tragedy Disaster Relief Efforts 01/06/2005 04:07 AM
The Tsunami Tragedy that has affected South Asia, India and Africa has to be the worst disaster of our lifetime. We feel that the Salvation Army has one of the best records in actually delivering the funds to the needy. We have heard all types of advertisements and plea’s for donation from all types of organizations, some are well known but others just seem to come out of nowhere! We have yet to hear much about The Salvation Army, and their ongoing or current efforts so we wanted to try to help them the best way we know how. Not just with our donation but by bringing them some exposure on the Internet! [PRWEB Jan 6, 2005]

Software maker plays mobile hand

Software maker plays mobile hand 04/23/2004 12:08 AM
Germany's SoftMaker hopes its productivity applications for handheld computers will draw customers to the PC versions.
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