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Some startups in Asia have created drones to take aerial photos and deliver food and other supplies. In the Philippines, UNTV, a broadcasting company, is going to use drones for news reporting.

acquiring drones that can carry life buoys and water to affected areas. It’s also looking into underwater drones to aid in some kinds of rescue operations. He claims that they are first to use drones in reporting in the Philippines.

ndependent investigations to be carried out into drone attacks after a series of strikes that result in unexpected civilian deaths in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and elsewhere.

dramatic reduction in drone strikes in 2013 in Pakistan but increases in Afghanistan and, towards the end of the year, in Yemen.

threefold increase in recorded civilian casualties from drone strikes in Afghanistan in 2013.

The “grease” that keeps this machinery running smoothly is up-to-date and relevant information.

“It is critical for us to understand who is working in our province so that we can facilitate their actions as well as do our own planning for the delivery of relief supplies,” said Jose Villanueva the Provincial Administrator of Capiz Province. “For this we rely on OCHA to inform us on what is actually happening in Capiz.

OCHA's Who does What Where (3W) database

real-time monitor-ing, tagging and geo-location of relevant reports published on mainstream and social media

Google Spreadsheets was simply not de-signed to facilitate real-time monitoring, tagging and geo-location tasks by hundreds of digital volunteers collaborating synchronously and asynchronously across multiple time zones.

I often describe micro-tasking as “smart crowdsourcing”.