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Live streaming technology helped the Raptor Resource Project, a non-profit organization, share a live feed of the birth of three bald eagles. The picture is said to be so clear that you can see the eggs crack before the the eagle really hatches. While waiting for the eggs to hatch the camera feed was switched to infrared view during the night for viewers to be able to witness the birth.

Illinois company helps Hope Community Church with training in technology and social media networking as well as other various skills necessary for NPOs.

Boston Scientific has been developing unique medical technology to keep health care very strong in California.

Great article on government IT and some of it's misconceptions.

"How American-Made Tech Helped Middle Eastern Governments Censor the Internet" A new Harvard University study details how American and Canadian companies provided Internet filtering and monitoring software to the Iranian government, Mubarak's Egypt and other repressive states. It's still going on.

Amazon launched it's Cloud Player and Cloud Drive service today, which lets you store files online and stream music to your computer or Android phone. We spent some time with it this morning, and despite some missing features, the service is an amazing value and pretty easy to use. Right off the bat, Amazon gives you 5 GB of free storage, which is already more than the free 2 GB Dropbox has.

The Center for Non Profits is an amazing resource. There are over a thousand links to seminars, events, and indispensable ideas for NPO's. This is hard to imagine without technology...

The medical field can be very behind in some parts of technology. Smart phones have the ability to revolutionize patient - doctor relationships and help people to monitor their own health. It is predicted soon that 90% of U.S. physicians and they will be able to communicate to each other through a social network aimed for their collaboration. New health smart phone apps will only help spread more information with higher level of efficiency.

This article talks about options for non-profit organization's databases, and how free software is not really free.

""There's way too much made of a couple of acquisitions to make our market seem uncompetitive," said Gene Austin, CEO of Convio in Austin, Texas. "We are all competing in a very healthy way, in a way that fosters innovation and better things for the clients," he said. He pointed to as examples Kintera and Blackbaud, as well as other "small yet emerging organizations that will also bring innovation and competition to the marketplace."

Consolidation in the sector will continue to some degree as the firms move toward Software as a Service (SaaS). Major mergers will dictate the direction of cloud computing...

Courts are starting to warm to the idea of having video conferencing between jails and courts in order to cut down on the transporting of prisoners back and forth.

Survey tools automatically collect and tally responses in "real time," which means you can watch the results come in as they're being submitted. Results are often organized and presented graphically using charts and tables. Most tools will even produce reports based on the survey results. You can share the results with members of your staff, and even with survey respondents. post date:  Feb. 1, 2011