Mobiles could be the key in disaster zones.
It’s odd to think about your own mortality but a recent
Emergency SMS
US gets disaster warnings by SMS
What do people do during disasters? Turn to their mobiles, of course.
New Zealand civil defence group adopts text updates
Link: Scoop: Bells and Whistles: Texting Given Emergency Duty
It’s free
School shooting text rumours emptied elementary school by 10am
Have a read of this one from the Washington Post. It’s
Louisiana State Uni's text system failure was 'misunderstanding'
I had my head in my hands reading this story — ‘geez, not
Emergency alerts services for campuses
On the back of the news story I published earlier related to
e2Campus go live with yet another institution
Business is brisk for the chaps over at emergency alert services company,
Your help needed: Emergency text services in Switzerland?
An SMS Text News reader has emailed me asking if I know
University Emergency SMS service doesn't deliver
Ah now you know how I’m forever going on about how
Boston Uni makes emergency text mandatory for students
“Here, here!” as they say in some parts of London after a
MediaBurst wins city law firm for it's disaster text system
News in this morning from Hugh at mobile messaging and telephony provider,
smsweb reports 200 schools using their text alerts system
Link: Moneyweb – In Business Today – SMS technology puts the brakes on bunking