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science and technology
Dead Sea Scrolls debut online [VIDEO]
Internet users can now view the Dead Sea Scrolls online.
Judoku app released for iPad
Judoku, a Jewish version of Sudoku, has been released as an application for the iPad.
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.
Google ordered to stop recommending anti-Semitic sites
A court in Buenos Aires has ordered Google to stop recommending anti-Semitic and racist websites to users. The injunction issued May 17 comes following a complaint filed by several Jewish organizations. The decision came on the World Day of the Internet.
Inspired by Facebook, Israeli couple names their daughter Like
Everybody likes babies. Some people like unique names. An Israeli couple likes both.
Mass graves database to go online
Information gleaned from Father Patrick Desbois\’ years-long search for mass Jewish graves in Eastern Europe will be made available on a database. Desbois\’ organization, Yahad-In Unum, has joined with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Jewish Committee to set up an online database of his findings since 2004 of mass graves in more than 600 towns and villages in Belarus, Ukraine, Russia and Poland.
JTA launches online archive with a quarter-million articles
JTA has launched a digital archive containing 250,000 articles dating from 1923. The JTA Jewish News Archive, which is searchable and free for the public to use, was launched officially Tuesday evening with a celebration at the Center for Jewish History in New York.\n
World Press Freedom Day: New technology’s threats and potential
Newspaper readers might notice an empty white space in place of front page stories in their favorite broadsheets and tabloids on Wednesday morning. It’s part of a campaign organized by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers to mark World Press Freedom Day. Larry Kilman, WAN’s executive CEO told The Media Line that the idea is to “remind [readers] that without a free press, this is what the industry would look like.”