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Finnish telecommunications giant Nokia is looking at the use of technology for public safety, and has been testing some concepts recently, officials from the company say.

New Zealand’s 111 emergency telephone service is up and running normally again, after initial disruption in the first half-hour after the earthquake that hit the south island of the country in the early hours of Monday.

An Australian developed app that links people fleeing natural disasters with nearby evacuation centres has won a prestigious United Nations (UN) competition.

A team of software developers at Brisbane-based company NetEngine has initiated a crowd-sourcing project leveraging mobile and web-based applications to create reliable maps for the most vulnerable areas of Nepal affected by the recent earthquake.