Haiti Archive

  • George Clooney’s Haiti telethon gets a webOS app

    George Clooney’s Haiti telethon gets a webOS app

    As successful as some may be, single-purpose apps (like fart machines, flashlights, and tip calculators) tend to be the butt of a lot of jokes – but here’s one with a pretty righteous purpose. With a bit of elbow grease and a downright impressive amount of haste, the folks over at Mediafly have thrown together an [...]

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  • Solar power making huge difference in Haiti

    Solar power making huge difference in Haiti

    Sounds like technology is making a difference in the lives of the victims of the Haitian earthquakes. Several different companies that produce products that use solar power have been sending equipment as part of the aid mission. Among the equipment are lights for hospitals and solar panels to help with water purification.

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  • Need to call Haiti? Its free for Verizon Wireless customers until January 31st

    Need to call Haiti? Its free for Verizon Wireless customers until January 31st

    Earlier this week, Skype offered up a few bucks of SkypeOut credit to anybody in Haiti; shortly thereafter, Google announced that any calls made to Haiti via Google Voice would be free of charge. Now, Verizon Wireless has joined the effort to connect people with their Haitian cohorts, without charging a dime. Verizon Wireless has just [...]

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  • President Obama’s policies have pushed the Doomsday Clock back by one minute

    President Obama’s policies have pushed the Doomsday Clock back by one minute

    Way to go, President Obama! Thanks to your bold and forward-thinking policies, the Doomsday Clock has been moved back by one minute! That means Planet Earth is “one minute” further away from utter destruction! Well, destruction brought about by man himself; an asteroid can still smash into the planet and we'd all be doomed. Or, as we've seen in Haiti this week, some other cataclysm can strike and we'd have zero control over it.

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