Tech, web services to aid in disaster relief

The second paragraph of the story, "UN: Mobile tech, Web services to aid in disaster relief," posted to the wire Thursday, has been changed to reflect that the Vodafone Foundation also commissioned a study about the use of technology in disaster relief.

The second paragraph of the story, "UN: Mobile tech, Web services to aid in disaster relief," posted to the wire Thursday, has been changed to reflect that the Vodafone Foundation also commissioned a study about the use of technology in disaster relief.

The second paragraph now reads:

The technology space also played a role in humanitarian efforts as Haitians buried under rubble sent text messages with their locations and open-source mapping communities documented the island. To further research technology's role in disaster relief, the United Nations Foundation and its partners, which include the Vodafone Foundation, commissioned a study from the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) on the topic.

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