Erik Hersman: How texting helped Kenyans survive crisis
发布时间 2009-04-22 17:36:26 来源
摘要
http://www.ted.com At TEDU 2009, Erik Hersman presents the remarkable story of Ushahidi, a GoogleMap mashup that allowed Kenyans to report and track violence via cell phone texts following the 2008 elections, and has evolved to continue saving lives in other countries.
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