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Answers.com slashes Israeli staff

The Jerusalem-based Answers.com fired about two-thirds of its staff two months after being acquired by a private company.

Israel asks Apple Inc. to remove ‘third intifada’ app

Israel\’s government has asked Apple Inc. to remove an application called \”ThirdIntifada,\” which encourages uprising against Israel, from its App Store. Israel\’s Minister of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Yuli Edelstein, made the request Tuesday in a letter sent to Apple founder and chief executive officer Steve Jobs.

Israeli inventiveness gets local spotlight

When Noam Bardin demonstrated how Waze — a Twitter-infused GPS — got him from LAX to the Luxe Hotel on Sunset in 26 minutes during rush hour, several attendees at the third annual Israel Conference immediately took out their phones to download his app. “The closing of the 405 [in mid-July] is the best moment to look at this app and understand what it can do for you every day,” Waze CEO Bardin said.

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