Can Social Networking Save Lives?

Purple. Fuschia. Scarlet with lace. These were just some of my Facebook friends’ statuses over the last few weeks. They came slowly, one at a time, but soon cyberspace was awash with a rainbow of descriptions. But of what?

Changing the World One Tweet at a Time

As I write, the death toll in Haiti after a devastating earthquake is mounting. As the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, communication is limited at the best of times, and access to aid is proving difficult as the roads in and around the capital Port-au-Prince are devastated.