Videos are standard viral fare of the web — they’re passed around so much that often people have no idea where they came from. An Israeli startup called Viewbix seeks to rectify that issue, with a service that lets anyone make a video interactive. Viewbix is basically a nicer version of  YouTube annotations: Visit the site  (which [...]

Jewish Radio in Poland is back. (PR, Warsaw, March 2012) Warsaw Jewish Radio – is a way to study Judaism with the best and learning from the best and all this in your own home or wherever you want. This radio is an entirely uncommercial initiative and even though it has broadcasted for not a [...]

10 Israeli Startups You’ve Never Heard Of And Are On To Something Big by Hillel Fuld* While many people do not yet associate Israel with technology and startups, Israel has the second-largest concentration of startups per capita after Silicon Valley. Many of the leading tech companies have established a presence in “Startup Nation” and the latest [...]

“The Top 10 Jewish  Influencers in Social Media” by Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald The National Jewish Outreach Program (NJOP) recognizes winners of its first-ever “Jewish Treats: Jewish Influencer Awards,” announcing the recipients as part of Social Media Week. The winners were selected by NJOP’s expert panel of judges and evaluated based on their use of social [...]

They can gather intelligence, detect their enemies’ weak spots and even launch ‘missile’ toward a given target. Cyber space is a powerful weapon of the modern era, one for which the IAF is eager to locate the elite players who control the field. Enter Mexico Daniel (alias) refuses to be referred to as ‘the hacker’. [...]

“Jewish day schools putting Apple iPads to the test”  by Rabbi Jason Miller WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (JTA) — Toward the end of his life, Apple’s visionary leader, Steve Jobs, was visited by another computer innovator, Microsoft’s Bill Gates. The conversation turned to the future of education. As related in Walter Isaacson’s recent biography of Jobs, both [...]

Lexifone, Haifa-based company released its star product  real  time  voice translation.  Lexifone  enables  enterprises  to  cater  to clientele  that  does not  speak  the  local  language.  Lexifone  breaks  down  language  barriers  by simply eliminating  them. How does it work? Using any telephone the  user simply dials the Lexifone  number, s peaks and hears the other’s  response in his [...]

The very first of the ten fundamental values of the Israel Defense Forces is the defense of the state, its citizens and its residents. In order to achieve this goal, the IDF utilizes a vast array of modern tools, a few of them so new, it’s hard to believe they exist. 1. The Iron Dome Rocket Defense [...]

The #1 question during Hanukkah is: What is the correct way to spell the name of this holiday? As I blogged about last year, “Since it’s a Hebrew word that is transliterated into English, there are several acceptable spellings. But people still want to know if there is a consensus.” Just as there is no consensus as to [...]

Make Hanukkah (the Festival of Lights) extra special by lighting the Sderot Menorah in your home. Made entirely from kassam rockets that exploded in Israel, its intricate detail and beauty are powerful symbols of the endurance of the Jewish People. The Sderot Menorah demonstrates the triumph of good over evil and the light of Israel [...]

Detroit Brothers Produce Over 500 Mobile Apps. There’s An App For That! Local brothers’ jacAPPS business rolls out more than 500 mobile apps. In what could have easily been mistaken for a scene from HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, two brothers sit at a conference room table in Southfield bouncing ideas off each other for mobile applications that [...]

While Israel’s success story in developing state-of-the-art technology, the Israel Defence Force (IDF), in which service is mandatory for most Israelis, is a useful path for wannabe entrepreneurs. It provides young Israelis with the opportunity to develop a wide array of skills and contacts in an environment where creativity is highly appreciated and encouraged. One [...]

QR Codes in Jewish Education I’m often asked what I think will be the “next big thing” when it comes to technology and Jewish education. Recently, I’ve been focused on QR codes. You know those odd little squares that look like a cross between a thumbprint and a bar code? Scanning that QR code automatically [...]

French anti-racism groups have dropped anti-Semitism suits against Apple after it withdrew a “Jew or not Jew” iPhone app   from its online stores worldwide, the groups’ lawyer said on Thursday (November 24, 2011). Groups including the French Jewish Students Union, SOS Racisme and the Movement Against Racism and for Friendship Between People had brought a [...]

How long does it take you, approximately, to reach the right extension while calling a service center? One minute if you know the “route” by heart, a few very long minutes if you actually need to listen to the never-ending list of possible extensions. An Israeli team had enough of waiting, listening to extension numbers [...]