GeoVation Awards Programme ...
the judging panel, which includes Yahoo’s Gary Gale and Steve Coast of OpenStreetMap, and they will have the chance to win part of a £21,000 development fund at a ‘Dragons’ Den’ style event on 26 January at the Royal Geographical Society, London.
http://www.directionsmag.com/press.releases/?duty=Show&id=42243

Google Earth Gets Haiti Earthquake Imagery ...
Fortius One, working with CrisisCommons and OpenStreetMap, has put together a news dashboard for aggregate data from volunteers and official sources.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222301030