Ouriel reports that after months of anticipation Google are finally offering maps for Israel. For now though they are just in Hebrew, the English maps show the streets, but the names remain blank. I guess we are in the really early stages of development since their doesn’t seem to be any official announcement from the [...]
Daniel Barenboim takes Palestinian citizenship When can we expect him to give up his Israeli citizenship? Techcrunch announces second Israel Web Tour 2.0 It only took 16 comments before someone mentioned Apartheid. Bush calls for an end to the occupation and states support for a Palestinian homeland. And everyone tells me my support of Obama [...]
Well, an era in downtown connectivity has ended. Unwire Jerusalem, a non-for-profit organization who brought free wifi to downtown Jerusalem has pulled the plug on the project. Jacob Ner-David, one of the founders, gives the skinny on why they are shutting down. My synopsis: Corporate Israel sucks. The Jerusalem Municipality sucks harder. Nir Barkat rules [...]
Haifa’s Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has released the very first nano-bible. A clever ploy to bring people closer to religion, er, I mean nano-technology. The entire bible has been inscribed on gold-coated silicon surface smaller than the head of a pin. This is not an attempt to make the holy book more portable, but an [...]
Oh the wonders of RSS! I’ve been a bloglines fiend for quite some time but now that I’m sporting a brand new mac I’ve made the switch to NetNewsWire which is the best RSS newsreader one can ask for. Israeli internet guru Hanan Cohen has created an aggregator for Israeli blogs in English. Although I [...]
When I find things like this I don’t mind that I spent a fortune on my new mac. Hours of entertainment.
By now, I’m sure nearly all of you use Firefox as your default web browser. If not, you are missing out. I actually learned about the awesomeness of Firefox many moons ago at the first Israeli blogger get together by one of the original Israeli bloggers. So thanks, Israeli guy, tabs changed my life. Do [...]
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