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Geeks for Haiti

Crisis Camp is an organization which draws computer programmers, hackers, disaster relief experts and other volunteers to collaborate on the goal of using computer applications to directly assist those in need. The projects for Haiti include creating a more accurate base layer map of Port-au-Prince, compiling and simplifying family-locater services through a Google database for quake victims, developing mobile translation apps and using social networking sights, such as Twitter, to coordinate relief efforts on the ground

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Geeks for Haiti

Is Twitter Jumping the Revenue Gun?

Twitter’s only recently become an international sensation, but, unlike some of its more slow-and-steady contemporaries, it’s already looking to make a buck and this week hinted again at opening the ad revenue doors. This may not end well. Though they’ve always admitted they could possibly, maybe, potentially open the door to advertisers, Twitter founder Biz Stone seemed to chart a more definitive course yesterday afternoon when he tweeted, “We leave the door open for advertising.

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Is Twitter Jumping the Revenue Gun?