Patrick Meier: Combining Radio, SMS, and Advanced Computing for Disaster Response

Combining Radio, SMS and Advanced Computing for Disaster Response I’m headed to the Philippines this week to collaborate with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on humanitarian crowdsourcing and technology projects. I’ll be based in the OCHA Offices in Manila, working directly with colleagues Andrej Verity and Luis Hernando to support their …

Stephen E. Arnold: Mats Bjore and SILOBREAKER

Exclusive Silobreaker Interview: Mats Bjore, Silobreaker With Google becoming more difficult to use, many professionals need a way to locate, filter, and obtain high value information that works. Silobreaker is an online service and system that delivers actionable information. The co-founder of Silobreaker said in an exclusive interview for Search Wizards Speaks says: I learned …

Jean Lievens: Imaging Intelligence and the New Digital Industrial Economy

Imaging Intelligence and the New Digital Industrial Economy By 2020, as the digitization of business increases, nearly everything we use will be embedded with cameras and sensors — our smart phones, our self-driving cars, our wearables, and our traffic lights will all depend on imaging technology. What does this mean for the future and what …

Worth a Look: Esplorare Internet – Manuale di investigazioni digitali e Open Source Intelligence

Autore: Leonida Reitano Collana:Giornalismo Investigativo Formato:14 x 21 cm Pagine:264 + Cop. in brossura Disponibile dal 20 novembre 2013 Lingua:Italiano ISBN:978-88-7381-514-3 Questo è il primo manuale italiano rivolto all’utilizzo professionale della rete Internet per ricavare informazioni su fenomeni sociali e criminali, persone fisiche e giuridiche, profili individuali e collettivi. Un manuale per i giornalisti d’inchiesta, …

Stephen E. Arnold: SAIL LABS Media Mining Indexer Updated

New Version of Media Mining Indexer (6.2) from SAIL LABS Technology The release titled SAIL LABS Announces New Release Of Media Mining Indexer 6.2 from SAIL LABS Technology on August 5, 2013 provides some insight into the latest version of the Media Mining Indexer. SAIL LABS Technology considers itself as an innovator in creating solutions …

Patrick Meier: Mining Mainstream Media for Emergency Management 2.0

Mining Mainstream Media for Emergency Management 2.0 by Patrick Meier There is so much attention (and hype) around the use of social media for emergency management (SMEM) that we often forget about mainstream media when it comes to next generation humanitarian technologies. The news media across the globe has become increasingly digital in recent years—and thus analyzable …