Displaying items by tag: Disasters

Facebook Australia has announced the expansion of its Local Alerts product to all eligible state and territory health, police and lead central government Facebook Pages.

Telecommunications network resilience in natural disasters like Australia’s recent bushfire has been under the microscope by the Federal Government, telcos and executives from across the telecoms sector, with agreement to put in place long-term initiatives to further bolster resilience of the networks.

Twitter has launched 'Twitter Alerts', a new feature designed to help users during emergency events like natural disasters or major traffic disruptions for example.

A new iPhone app aims to alert your friends or family if you are caught in an earthquake.

MITIGATE Seminar announces Dr. Jack Phillips to join six city Australian tour.

MITIGATE Seminar announces six city Australian tour featuring Jonathan E. Turner

MITIGATE Seminar announces Daniel Burrus to join six city Australian tour.

MITIGATE Seminar announces six city Australian tour featuring Kevin Mitnick

The Australian Government has developed a free iPhone & Android app that will enable smartphone users to get quick and easy access to information about emergencies and disasters across the country.

With major outages and natural disasters in mind, Telstra has set up a new website to deliver service availability information.

Volunteers and experts around the world are collaborating to solve disaster and climate Problems through Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK), with the event set to come to Melbourne next month.