Local police and fire alerts powered by Nixle now are integrated into Google‘s Public Alerts platform, a service that delivers emergency information across Google Search, Google Maps and Google Now. "Google Public Alerts provides people with information about how to respond in emergency situations," says Jonathan Betz, engineering manager for Google Crisis Response. "Nixle enables local response agencies to get that information into the community as quickly as possible.” Nixle’s platform is used by more than 6,500 U.S. police, fire and emergency-management agencies that send text, email and phone alerts to their residents through a secure network. The partners say they will “use the power of Web and open data standards to make this information more widely available.”

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Two Years After Dropping Video, BELD Calls It Quits

Something interesting is happening in Massachusetts. Two years after shutting down video service, Braintree Electric Light Department [BELD] customers are about to have the option to subscribe to a full suite of cable channels in a traditional linear package again. That’s because the Massachusetts nonprofit, publicly owned power utility has sold its internet business to […]

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