Russia: “Technology Failed Many” · Global Voices
Veronica Khokhlova

Svetlana Gladkova of Profy writes about her failed attempts to locate a Moscow friend via various popular communication tools following the March 29 subway attacks: “In this tightly interconnected world we all depend a lot on communication tools like cell phones, email, IMs, and social networks and when such tools don’t behave as expected (and it is not surprising when they don’t in extreme conditions), we are all lost without solid chances of getting the information we need the most.”