Google removes Nazi-themed Android apps
Jewish Journal
August 16, 2010
Google removed Nazi-related applications from its Android downloads following protests from Jewish users.
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Science & Technology
Marty Kaplan: Just Like the Internet You See in the Movies
Marty Kaplan
August 16, 2010
No Web sites that choke your browser. No waiting for YouTube clips to buffer. No email attachments too big to send. No files that take forever to download. No “Loading – please wait” messages, or spinning beach balls, or slowwwwly lengthening bars meant to tame your mounting impatience.
Rare coin discovered in Israel
Jewish Journal
August 12, 2010
A 2,200-year-old coin discovered near Israel\’s border with Lebanon is the heaviest gold coin ever found in Israel.
iKaddish teaching mourner’s prayer
Jewish Journal
August 3, 2010
A new iPhone application teaches the recitation of the Kaddish, the mourner\’s prayer recited daily in synagogue.
Israel Pushing for More Solar Power
Jewish Journal
July 28, 2010
Israel’s Public Utilities Authority has announced a new initiative aimed at boosting the volume of solar power produced in the country.
NASA official backed after saying outreach to Muslims is a priority
Jewish Journal
July 6, 2010
The White House and NASA reportedly are standing behind NASA\’s administrator for saying that his \”foremost\” mission is to reach out to the Muslim world.
Russian Jewish mathematician rejects $1 million prize
Jewish Journal
July 6, 2010
A reclusive Russian Jewish mathematician turned down a $1 million prize for solving a seemingly unsolvable math problem.
Social networks, games and virtual worlds are crossing unlikely boundaries.
Jewish Journal
May 13, 2010
Academics, gaming experts and conflict resolution advocates say such interactions are taking place on a variety of platforms daily, making online gaming an increasingly common avenue for Middle Easterners, Muslims and Jews all over the world, to engage with and learn about one another.
Google buying its first Israeli company
Jewish Journal
April 28, 2010
Google has acquired its first Israeli company.
How investigators used modern tools and sleuthing to show who killed the Hamas leader
Jewish Journal
March 16, 2010
He had a few minutes to call his brother in Gaza before his flight took off from Damascus, Syria. A cousin got on the line, too, and shared gossip from the Jabalya refugee camp, say family members. He told them to jot down the name of his hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He would be there for only a few days, in case the family needed anything. If he continued on to China after, or Iran, he said, he would let them know.
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