Tsunami

Groupon SA is working with its sister companies around the world to raise funds for emergency disaster relief for those worst affected by the earthquake and flooding in Japan. Japan is a developed nation, but the sheer scale of this catastrophic disaster has left emergency services reeling. The International Red ...

Japan is still assessing the scale of Friday’s devastating tsunami, but in many parts of the country production has ground to a halt, and any long-term production issues could have a ripple effect on the technology industry.Many computer and mobile device manufacturers, including Apple and Dell source digital imaging ...

The 8.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Japan and the tsunami that followed sent shockwaves around the world. The news of the quake sent people scrambling for information online. Japan dominated Twitter with at least four trending topics and, at one stage, with 1 200 tweets per minute.The quake was recorded ...

Friday's earthquake off the coast of Japan and the resulting tsunami has proven, yet again, how the internet and social media tools offer an information lifeline to the world in a time of crisis.The internet was designed so that US military communications could withstand a nuclear war, but is proving ...

Japan's tweet-o-meter is at critical level with 1 200 tweets per minute. Now trending on Twitter, the 8.9-magnitude earthquake that hit northern Japan on Friday. The quake triggered a tsunami which sent a massive body of water filled with debris, including boats and houses toward highways. The quake garnered the ...