This ‘LinkedIn for emergencies’ startup is on track for 2.5M users

February 20, 2013 7:48 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

"The vast majority of organizations put their emergency information on paper," Summers says. "This is an opportunity to leverage networking technology for safety."

OMG R U OK? America is getting its first-ever 911 texting service

May 4, 2012 1:27 PM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

Verizon is working on the U.S.’s first-ever emergency texting service.

Text-to-911 will be incredibly useful for a wide range of mobile customers, from the young-and-hip to the hard-of-hearing. It’s also more useful than voice communication in uniquely mobile scenarios, such …