Time to Drag Israeli Public Education into the Tablet Age
Tu B’Shvat was last week, and in addition to being the Jewish New Year for trees, the day also marks the week in which Israeli students receive their mid-year report cards. These paper report cards have More...
Software Giant Salesforce Had Humble Beginnings in Neighborhood Office
Salesforce is the largest tech employer in San Francisco, with more than 1, 100 employees hired last year alone. It has nine offices in the city, including the Salesforce Tower which is scheduled to open More...
Technion and Microsoft Launch Internet of Things Joint Venture
The Technion Israel Institute of Technology, together with Microsoft Israel R&D center, launched a special initiative in a lab for developing software and systems at the Technion’s computer science More...
Asana Releases New Android App for Work Collaborations
Justin Rosenstein’s startup Asana, which helps people to better collaborate in the workplace, has released a new app for Android devices. The company boasts will make it easier for people who work in a More...
Nightmare Layoffs Await DreamWorks Employees
It was a tough 2014 for Dreamworks, and now the nightmare continues, this time for employees as management plans to eliminate nearly a quarter of its jobs. Even as Dreamworks Animation won a Golden Globe More...
Israeli Who Stole Madonna’s Music is Named
Israeli authorities have revealed the name of the man who they arrested this week for stealing and then releasing on line music from Madonna’s upcoming album. Adi Lederman, a wannabe singer who once appeared More...
Smart Keyboard Self-Cleans, Self-Powers, Recognizes Owner, Won’t Fetch
In a novel twist in cyber-security, scientists have developed a self-cleaning, self-powered smart keyboard that can identify computer users by the way they type. The device, reported in the journal More...
Filming New Steve Jobs Movie with Michael Fassbender Starts Where It All began
CBS San Francisco was able to get some video of the production in progress. The new biopic about the life of Steve Jobs in which Steve Wozniak will be played by Seth Rogen has begun filming in the area of Jobs More...
Madonna Thanks Israeli Police for Arresting Man Who Stole her ‘Rebel Heart’ (Listen to 1 Clip)
A 39 year old Israeli man has been arrested by Israeli police for stealing music from several musicians including Madonna. He released Demos from Madonna’s upcoming album “Iconic” on line back More...
What Comes After the Internet?
Given President Obama’s recent call for the FCC to pursue Internet Neutrality and the concomitant resistance of cable service providers and conservative politicians to such an idea, it seems like a good More...