Nigerian Times

25 Aug 2011 15:37 Africa/Lagos How Smartphones Are Changing How People and Disaster Experts Respond To Emergencies allRisk says Smartphones Becoming a Necessity for Disasters PR Newswire SOMERDALE, N.J., Aug. 25, 2011 SOMERDALE, N.J., Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- August has been a busy month for regional disaster experts, allRisk Inc. (www.teamallrisk.com). So far, a recent record-breaking rain led a New Jersey state university to hire the company to perform emergency water mitigation in areas where total repair estimates have reached $1.4 million. Cleanup from the massive flood needed to be completed within days, before students returned for fall classes. With Hurricane Irene upgraded in intensity, and on track to hit the area this weekend the company expects to be even busier. allRisk is in a "war room" mode, as they prepare to respond to what they anticipate to be a large volume of calls and texts for emergency help -- some from people wi...

Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook signed up for Google Plus ? And he is now the most followed person on Google+. But is he feeling threatened since Facebook is presently losing members worldwide, with a sharp drop in United States membership? Is he afraid that Facebook may slide like MySpace ? The Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has just met with Skype CEO Tony Bates in a partnership for a new video chat feature. But will that help? Releases displayed in Africa/Lagos time 7 Jul 2011 05:34 AU Chairperson Ping concludes a one day official visit to Germany ...

Art, People and Freedom: Artocracy in Tunisia The First Community Action from JR’s InsideOut Project is Unveiled Paris, France (April 14, 2011) /PRNewswire/ — In early March, the artist and TED Prize winner JR announced his wish to turn the world “Inside Out.” Through his InsideOut Project, JR invited people around the globe to share a photo portrait – along with a statement about what they stand for – and paste thepictures in their communities. A group of photographers and organizers in Tunisia were the first to participate in an InsideOut community project, which they named Artocracy. Through Artocracy, six Tunisian photographers – joined by JR and his team – traveled the country in late March to take pictures and display images of more than 100 Tunisians who represent the nation’s incredible diversity: men and women of every age, profession, cultural background, and geographic location. “For the first large street exhibition in a new Arab democracy, the pasting promised to be surpri...