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Preparing For Irene - Shelter View App

VisionLink

Two options: a) If you have an iPhone, iPod or iPad, go to the App Store and search for "Shelter View." The application is free; it maps information about open shelters, and provides information about location, capacity and more very useful to those near the disaster area. Preparing for Hurricane Irene?

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New on SSIR: It’s not about Apple – It’s about Community

Amy Sample Ward

—– There’s been some interesting discussion about Apple, donations and This American Life ’s iPhone application lately that I want to touch on. Apple, though, seems to have a cripplingly closed system; here’s Jake: The other issue gets to Apple’s broader competitive approach.

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Has Apple become evil? No, but they are getting stupid.

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I like my 60G iPod that I’ve had for a while, and although I tire of lugging around three electronic devices (cell phone, Palm, iPod), and that my current phone is about to fall apart, the cost and the fact that it was so new made me decide not to go for it, even though AT&T is my carrier. The iPod is a rip off.

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

So, we’re creating a new place where techies can find social tech applications that resonate with their personal passion for change! With our Read2Go app, Bookshare members can now search, download and read Bookshare books and periodicals on their iPad, iPhone and iPod touch devices.

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Computer Refurbishment and Accessibility

Tech Soup

There is a surprising number of nonprofit computer refurbishers in North America that now supply accessible technology equipped computers, and lately iPads and iPods to disabled people at no or low cost. It's also worth noting that TechSoup has just launched a first set of AT applications thanks to goQ Software.

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My iPhone 3G

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I said: I will not be buying an iPhone until they sell an unlocked version that doesn’t need to be hacked to use third party applications. Syncing is way slower than on a regular iPod, and backups can take 1/2 hour, which is absurd. I swore up and down I wouldn’t get one. Well, the iPhone 3G changed the equation, some.

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10NTC Science Fair Preview - Giveaways, More Giveaways and Free Apple iPads

NTEN

We will be raffling off an iPod Touch at the booth. We're a GIS software development firm, and we'd love to share with you how you can use the power of geographic information systems -- beyond just displaying dots on a map. Stop by the Event 360 booth to meet our team, learn about our online toolkit and enter to win an iPod Touch!

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