Can an app help emergency responders to act more efficiently? Can an app help emergency responders to act more efficiently? Call for Code Global Initiative, a worldwide competition, aims to alleviate damage caused by natural disasters by using technological solutions. Other standout ideas include a push service app, where information about natural disasters is pushed to a smartphone’s screen automatically. Jim O'Keefe, IBM’s External Communications Leader, emphasised the need for security when natural disasters occur.

Source: Irish Independent May 23, 2019 13:22 UTC