Twitter, Facebook called on for higher purpose


	Twitter, Facebook called on for higher purpose

misterboh

1-18-2008 4:34 PM

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<P>Google.org's technology project to help save lives in the event of natural 
disasters or public health threats is set to launch Thursday.</p> <P>The <A href="http://instedd.org">project</A>, called Innovative Support to 
Emergencies, Diseases and Disaster (InSTEDD), is a <A 
href="http://www.instedd.org">nonprofit organization</A> that ambitiously aims 
to help communities around the world use Web and communications technology to 
identify and warn others of outbreaks like Avian flu or disasters like Hurricane 
Katrina. That technology, which will include social software Twitter and 
Facebook, will be used to coordinate rescue responses and help save lives, 
according to Eric Rasmussen, president and CEO of InSTEDD.</p> <P>"We're not talking about pulling the red phone out of the bottom drawer 
here," said Rasmussen, a former adviser to U.S. Office of the Secretary of 
Defense, referring to Twitter and Facebook. "We're talking about using 
ubiquitous, free software that is repurposed when necessary to fit into a 
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