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Israel / Business and Economy

Google, Microsoft Top List of Israel’s Best Employers

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Rounding out the top 10 are Intel, Meta, SAP, IBM, Tidhar Group, ISR-Israel Railways, Ezer Mizion and Apple.

Sponsored Posts

Google and Reichman University to Establish School of High-Tech

By Jewish Press Staff

The school’s goals are to ensure equal representation and advance underrepresented populations.

Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Google Launches Israeli Local Cloud Computing Region

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The initiative will make it possible to move government computer systems there, improving services and creating high-tech jobs.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Google to Build Underwater Cable Connecting Israel, Europe and Asia

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The system is slated to have 16 fiber-optic pairs and should be ready for service in 2024.

Antisemitism / Social Media

Google Removes Diversity Chief Over Antisemitic 2007 Blog Post

By Israel Hayom

Kamau Bobb wrote that Jews have “insatiable appetite for war, killing” • Antisemitism is a “vile prejudice” and has “no place in society,” says tech giant.

Israel / Business and Economy

Google Grants Israeli Nonprofit Lender $1 Million ‘Impact Loan’ to Help Small Businesses

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Small businesses are the heart of the economy and in the past year we have felt the need to do more for them,” says Google Israel Director Barak Regev.

US / Antisemitism / Social Media

Twitter, Google Decline to be in State Department Event Countering Antisemitism

By Jackson Richman / JNS

Facebook and TikTok, however, each sent a senior representative in the same week that Facebook also banned Holocaust denial on its platform.

Terrorism / US / On Campus / Education / Social Media

After Zoom Deplatforms Terrorist Leila Khaled Event, Facebook and YouTube Follow Suit

By Jackson Richman / JNS

In response, San Francisco State University Professor Rabab Abdulhadi posted on social media: “We are not accepting Zoom’s caving in to Zionist and racist pressures. SFSU has an obligation to protect our classes.”

History / Asia / Holocaust

Google Honors Japanese Diplomat Who Saved Jews during Holocaust

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Chiune Sempo Sugihara issued between 2,100 and 3,500 transit visas and saved some 6,000 Jews, papers which later came to be known as “visas for life.”

Israel / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Google Announces it Will Acquire Israeli Data Tech Company

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Alooma helps enterprise companies streamline database migration in Google’s cloud with an innovative data pipeline tool that enables them to move their data from multiple sources to a single data warehouse.

Featured / The Courts / Media

Facebook Law Compels Judges' Rulings in 48 Hours in Urgent Cases

By JNi.Media

The court is entitled not to accept the request if it is not convinced that the immediate implementation of this directive is critical for the prevention of damage.

Featured / Global / Antisemitism / Business and Economy / Media

BuzzFeed Shames Google Ads into Blocking Anti-Semitic, racist Keywords

By JNi.Media

Just as Facebook had done Thursday, Google on Friday disabled every keyword in the BuzzFeed fake ad campaign.

Featured / Israel / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Report: Tel Aviv Becoming R&D Mecca for Corporate Giants

By JNi.Media

Visa, Barclays, Amazon, Renault and Bosch have joined more than 70 international R&D centers in Tel Aviv, a city where one out of every 10 jobs is in the high-tech sector.

Headline / Israel / Global / Science and Tech

Report: Israeli Team Won't Make Google Moon Race Deadline

By JNi.Media

The Israeli team says it is determined to stay in the race until the deadline, hoping for an extension.

Headline / IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / US / Government / History / Judea & Samaria / United Nations (UN) / Judaism

AIPAC Conference Celebrates Judea and Samaria Anniversary

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"We are committed to doing everything in our power to strengthen the Israeli presence in Judea and Samaria," said Rabbi Ben Dahan.

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Media / Science and Tech / US

Twitter Purges Alt-Right Accounts in Move Described as 'Night of the Long Knives'

By JNi.Media

White supremacist Richard Spencer compared the move against his neo-Nazi movement as both "corporate Stalinism" and the Gestapo's 1934 "night of the long knives" purge of the SA’s leadership.

Israel / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Google under Attack for Deleting Palestine from Maps App

By JNi.Media

A search for "Palestine" in Google Maps does yield a proper reference to the entity, but with a blank map of Israel, with the areas of Gaza, Judea and Samaria marked with a broken borderline but not mentioned by name.

IDF & Security / Politics / News Briefs / Media / Religious & Secular in Israel

Senior Israeli TV Editor: I Will Not Let my Children Enlist

By JNi.Media

Nir said he couldn't understand why the taxes Israelis pay are not enough to sustain IDF soldiers.

IDF & Security / Global / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Arts and Entertainment / Science and Tech

Google Acquires Israel's Air Force

By JNi.Media

"What's next?" Yachimovich wondered. "Soldiers modeling the Nike logo? Tanks laid up in the shape of the Gerber Baby? Fighter planes leaving behind streaks promoting a coffee and croissant campaign?"

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media

YouTube Reinstates Cancelled PMW Account

By Jewish Press News Desk

YouTube has quietly corrected its error in suspending the PMW media watchdog account.

Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / Islamists / Science and Tech / Intifada

Google Denies Reaching Anti-Incitement Agreement with Israeli FM

By JNi.Media

Israel wants Google to clamp down on PA's incitement to violence videos.

Israel / UK / News Briefs / Europe / Business and Economy

Google Reps Too Afraid to Come to Israel to Testify in Court Case

By JNi.Media

Google employs hundreds in its Israeli operations, but a Tel Aviv judge allowed its Irish officials to testify by video instead of arriving.

Israel / Global / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Netanyahu to Address Davos Forum on 'Israel – Innovation Nation'

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will travel Wednesday to the 2014 World Economic Forum in Davos, where he will deliver an address under the heading "Israel – Innovation Nation,” with an emphasis on the cyber industry. He also will attend the IT session, in the presence of Cisco CEO John Chambers, and a cyber session that […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Three of Top Ten Net Worth Gainers Are Jewish

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jews make up three of the 10 biggest gainers in net worth in 2013, as listed by Forbes. Among the Jews are Google co-founder Larry Page, whose mother was  Jewish, who was raised without religion and who intermarried. The biggest jump in bank accounts was that of gambling casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, whose net worth jumped […]

News Briefs / The Knesset / Business and Economy

Knesset Bill Aims at Google to Pay Royalties on Israeli Content

By Jewish Press News Desk

Google will have to pay 7 percent on revenue from Israeli Internet content that is copyrighted if the Knesset approves a bill submitted by Labor Knesset Member Erel Margalit and now under discussion in the Knesset Finance Committee. The proposed legislation calls for the royalties to be deposited in an account managed by the Finance […]

A Soldier's Mother

Defeat Antisemites Abusing Google

By Paula Stern

As you probably know, when you start to search for something, Google will, as it always does, offer you suggestions.

Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Media

Israel, US, UK Antitrust Panels to review Google-Waze Merger

By JTA

Israel’s antitrust regulatory commission is investigating whether the Google-Waze merger constitutes a monopoly. The Israel Antitrust Authority opened its investigation on Wednesday, the Israeli business daily Globes reported. The probe will focus on whether Google’s purchase of Waze, a free downloadable navigation application with more than 50 million subscribers, should have obtained permission from the […]

Israel / Global / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Chinese Fund Donates $130 million to Technion

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Chinese fund, bankrolled by the country’s richest man, is donating $130 million Technion University in a joint venture between the Haifa-based university and Shantou University (STU) to build a new academic facility in Guangdong Province. The contribution from the Li Ka Shing Foundation is the largest in Technion’s history and one of the largest […]

Fresno Zionism

More Things to Come — in America

By Vic Rosenthal

Shortly after Clinton’s election at the tail end of the Israeli-Hezbollah war of 2016, Hezbollah activated several terrorist cells in the U.S.

Israel / US / Global / News Briefs

Savvy Israelis Ahead of US in Smartphone Internet Use

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel often can be seen with two cell phones, one in each ear. Smartphones have been around in Israel only since 2009 but already are in most Israeli’s hands. No wonder Waze was made in Israel

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Google to Buy Waze for $1.3 Billion

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Google out-navigates Facebook. Google will pay $1.3 billion for Waze. Coming on top of $2 billion purchase of Iscar, and rumors of SodaStream next in line, Big Business is far from boycotting Israel.

Jewish / US / News Briefs / Religion

Can Google Glasses Help Your Rabbi Decide if the Etrog is Kosher?

By JTA

Let’s say you are a Chabadnik and want someone to try putting on tefillin. He puts on his Google Glass and the blessing flashes before his eyes. But is it kosher?

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Waze’s Demand to Keep Jobs in Israel Freezes Facebook’s Bid

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel’s Waze user-based social mapping and navigation startup seems to be too Zionist for Facebook, which has been trying to pay up to $1 billion for the company. Facebook reportedly insists that the Waze management team re-locate to California from Israel, a condition that money can’t buy, at least not yet, according to the AllThingsD […]

Fresno Zionism

Google and the Defenders of Kfar Etzion

By Vic Rosenthal

Not one Jew was allowed to remain on the Jordanian side of the cease-fire line.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Waze. Outsmarting Google and Facebook. Together.

By Jewish Press News Desk

With the deal Facebook and Waze not yet closed, Google has reportedly jumped into the fray,  making a play for the Israeli start-up company, who's opening bid is at $1 billion dollars. There's another alternative also on the table now, Waze turns down both giants, keeps its independence, and raises money with another round of venture […]

Israel / News Briefs

Waze Defeats Google

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel’s Waze user-run navigation service easily beat out Google’s app Tuesday night when the Israel Electric Corp. closed down the high-speed Ayalon Highway that runs through Tel Aviv. Drivers using the Google app, which uses Android devices that broadcast information of traffic, found themselves being directed to the Ayalon even though it was closed, the […]

Fresno Zionism

Real Zionists Use Bing

By Vic Rosenthal

By agreeing with said gangsters that ‘Palestine’ is a state, Google is in effect agreeing that the Jewish people do not have a legitimate state.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Facebook Running after Waze to Stare Down Google

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Waze may be Facebook’s third purchase in Israel, not for the Waze maps but for the traffic it can generate through Facebook, at Google’s expense. But the buyout is far from certain.

News Briefs / The Muqata

Google Makes a Fast (of Esther) Error

By JoeSettler

Google had a good idea on how to present the data.The only problem is, the data is wrong.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media

'Google Play' Apps: ‘Inspiring’ Hitler Quotes

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

In the user review section, the free English-language app is described as a “great moral booster,” by one of the 1,060 reviewers who downloaded the app.

Jewish / News Briefs / Media

Google Cultural Institute Presents Jewish Content in 1st Exhibits

By JTA

Google introduced a new online historical collection of digitized material, highlighting several Jewish themes, events and institutional partners in its first wave of exhibits.

Middle East / Levant / Global / News Briefs / Islamists / Religion

Russia Bans "Innocence of Muslims"

By Malkah Fleisher

In a show of solidarity with movements seeking to preserve respect for Islam, a Moscow ruled on Monday that the anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims” may not be shown in all of Russia.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Military Intelligence Monitored 'Google Street View' Project in Israel

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

Israeli security authorities including the IDF Military Intelligence Formation, closely monitored the Google Street View Project, first launched in Israel just last month, giving a close look of streets in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa. The inspection prevented publication of pictures revealing classified information and locations of security facilities operating in Israel.

News Briefs

Jewish Blogosphere Ablaze Over Obama's Condolences to Netanyahu

By Jewish Press Staff

The internet is seeking out the text of President Obama's condolences to Prime Minister Netanyahu, but they can't find it.

News Briefs

Google Sued for Peppering Search Engine with 'Jew's

By Jewish Press News Desk

Several French anti-racist organizations are suing Google for allegedly pushing "unsolicited and systematic associations between famous people and their Jewishness" – real or presumed – through the indispensable feature, the auto-complete function Since 2008, the Google search engine has been anticipating what users are about to type next in the search box, offering its "Suggest" […]

Israel / News Briefs

Google Street View Available in Israel

By Malkah Fleisher

Google Street View has officially launched in Israel, providing images of religious sites and city streets in major Israeli cities Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Haifa.

Israel / SciTech

Israel to Launch Google Street View

By Malkah Fleisher

Famed Google Maps application Street View, which is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth providing 360-degree panoramic views from positions along streets throughout the world, will be launched in Israel on Sunday.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter II

By Ruchama Feuerman

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