Facebook And Google Launch Tech Tools To Help Quake Victims
BANGALORE: Nepal has suffered nature’s fury on April 25 that has left the country devastated and taken a toll of around 3000 lives. The nation hadn’t witnessed such a disaster in the last 80 years. The rescue missions are still on and survivors are connecting with dear ones through the aid of technology.
Even the Tech biggies came forward to help the nation hit by an earthquake of magnitude of 7.8 Richter. New services have been introduced by Google and Facebook to help the survivors of the earthquake to reunite with family, reports Bangkok Post.
Facebook’s ‘Safety Check’ in view to mark people safe and notify their friends about their safety was activated by the company when the earthquake occurred in Nepal and some parts of India and China. Facebook had launched the attribute in October last year so that people stuck in area of disaster can connect and notify their loved ones about them being secure and safe.
The engineers at Facebook had been working on this new attribute since the massive Tsunami earthquake shook the world in 2011.
The earthquake in Nepal witnessed the first use of the new feature.
In addition to this, Google also launched it ‘Person Finder’, a technology tool to search people in the area of disaster. The company also lost one of its employees in an avalanche owing to the earthquake and has come forward to make use of satellite imagery to initiate search operations in relief efforts. Google would also make a donation of $1 million to help in rescue operations.
