Japanese Trying Out Twitter As Emergency Broadcast System
Do you check online when there’s an emergency? If so, where do you go first?
In Japan, they’re testing out using social media, particularly Twitter, to keep folks informed. And it seems like a pretty smart way to go!
The Next Web reports that “Twitter, Yahoo Japan and domestic real estate firm Mori clubbed together to test the potential of mobile apps and the microblogging platform in disaster situations. . . . 100 volunteers from Tokyo’s Rappongi district were selected to take part in a drill that simulated a major earthquake.”
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