Japan to trial emergency 'calls' by Twitter in disaster zones

Social networks could be used to trigger call-outs

Japanese authorities will soon trial a new warning system that would allow imperiled members of the public to contact the emergency services by sending messages on social networking sites like Twitter.…

via The Register - Networks

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