Israel was tied for eighth among the happiest countries in the world,  according to a new survey.  In a Gallup World Poll of 155 nations, the Jewish state tied with Canada, Switzerland and Australia.
Forbes, which posted the list Thursday,  said the richest countries were by and large the happiest.  Scandinavian countries dominated — Denmark, Finland, [...]

It’s not exactly official, but should also surprise no one: According to a new study the psychological profile of iPad owners can be summed up as “selfish elites” while have-not critics are “independent geeks.”
Of course the “haves” would probably call the “have nots” “cheap wannabes” to which the “have nots” would retort: “FANBOI!!”
Which is why [...]

Computers: Most desktop computers and laptops will work in Israel as they are 110/220 capable. You will need to either replace the cable or use an adapter to switch the plug. With Desktop systems, be sure to switch the power supply to 220-240 before you bring it to Israel.
PCs – If you have a current [...]

Can I pray with an iPhone? – from the Ask the Rabbi
Question:
I have a siddur app on my iPhone.  Some people say I should only pray with a real paper and cardboard siddur. Will G‑d still listen if my siddur is electronic instead?
Answer:
Aside from holding the entire Torah, Talmud, Maimonides, Code of Jewish Law and Tanya et al, providing access to thousands of classic works with [...]

Every synagogue minyan (daily prayer group) has the one person who always seems to be there. In some congregations, this might be the gabbai (a ritual director of sorts). In other shuls it might be the rabbi. And in others it might be a lay person who is very dedicated and wants to ensure there is always [...]

Movieoke.tv, a Web-based game that allows players to act out famous movie scenes in sync with actors on the screen, was the winner of the second Tel Aviv Start-Up Weekend, held at the Peres  Center for Peace last week.
The event saw computer geeks from Israel, the Palestinian Authority and around the world come together to [...]

Here’s a fun story we got wind of Apple, which is notorious for banning applications from its iPhone store for arbitrary (or worse) reasons, initially barred a joke-telling application called “The Comic Fortune Cookie.”
According to Rick Cipes,  proprietor of   Outrageous App,  Apple singled out one joke, a particularly Jewish one, for constituting “objectionable content.” “I fired [...]

What do Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg, blogger  Emily Gould,  and the  10th-11th century scholar Rabbeinu Gershom have in common?
They all articulated their views about privacy.
Zuckerberg was criticized last month for Facebook’s new privacy settings. Over 500 million worldwide users of Facebook had more of their information made public because Zuckerberg believes that  ”if people share [...]

Since we all now have the iPhone 4 in our hands, we wanted to introduce some iPhone 4 specific features into the App Store.
We are releasing a Tefillin Mirror for the Siddur and also as a free standalone app for the iPhone 4.
Since the new iPhone 4 has a forward-facing camera, we were easily able to [...]

Email is like a cat. I don’t know if it has nine lives, but people still use this form of communication even though it’s been pronounced dead many times in recent years.
The general consensus among experts in online communication is that social media is killing the medium of email. Just as companies and organizations are getting [...]

Israelis, who have proved to be a booming consumer market for the iPhone, will be able to get their hands on the latest model, the iPhone 4, in mid-September, TheMarker has learned.
The three Israeli cell phone companies who sell Apple’s popular device have already received several models of the new smartphone, for testing and technical [...]

Libo,  an Israeli startup that’s now available to the public,  aims to be the Skype of  media.
LIBOX has developed a way to let you take advantage of the storage you already own, along with your network of friends and family, to make free multimedia sharing possible, instead of using expensive cloud computing.  LIBOX will always [...]