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eCamp 2008 - International Technology Summer Camp

February 23, 2008 – 2:02 am

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The first international technology summer camp in Israel has announced it will be opening its doors this summer. eCamp, designed to bring enterprising young people from around the world together for a unique interactive experience, is expecting over 300 children from the ages of 10-18 from countries across the world in its first year. The camp will be based in the eVillage of Aloney Yitzhak, 28 miles (45 km) from Tel Aviv but will continue with interactive and online learning throughout the year.

eCamp Israel is an International Technology Summer Camp, opening the gates to the #1 success story of Israel – technological innovation. eCamp Israel introduces the campers to an enriching experience that touches their deepest emotions and spur creative energies in their minds. We provide an original, creative and fascinating program, matching worldwide youth with Israeli peers in a unique way using universal language – technology. eCamp Israel is an overnight summer camp where youth from all over the world who love technology get together for an unforgettable experience. It is officially supported by the president of Israel, Israeli Ministry of Tourism, and the Minister for Diaspora Affairs.

Mr. Shai Agassi, Founder & Chief Executive Officer- Project Better Place has joined the team of ecamp Israel as Chief Scientist.

“As one of the global centers of technological innovation, it is time Israel gives back some of our know-how and share it with children from around the world,” said Nir Kouris, co-CEO and an Israeli entrepreneur. “Our biggest wish is for campers to experience the magic of Israeli innovation first hand, hear from technologists how they persevered despite the odds, and be empowered to realize own dreams in a virtual world.”

Campers to Visit with Titans of Israeli High Tech Community

eCamp will take full advantage of being home to the second largest number of start ups in the world, second only to Silicon Valley, despite having a fraction of the population. The country’s small size, serves as a ‘kid friendly’ laboratory to have access to some of the best known technologists, companies and successes of tomorrow.

“Only in Israel can we expose campers to the brains of the high tech world,” added Nir Kouris.

eCampers will meet with entrepreneurs including the founder of ICQ, now the originator behind the AOL Instant Messenger. Children at eCamp will also visit leading Israeli research centers such as Intel, Microsoft, Google, Motorola, and train in the Israeli Air Force’s flight simulator. Participants will have experience theoretical developments by visiting leading academic centers such as the Technion and Weitzman Institute.

Interactive Labs and Projects Replace Classes or Lessons

eCampers will engage in interactive projects at the cutting edge of technology. Each camper will be expected to design and invent their own projects. Participants will be using the same high top-class software and hardware that Israeli high tech innovators use to change the world.

“Workshops are not school lessons, hence from day one all classes are cancelled,” said Kouris. “Kids work on their own projects in a collaborative environment – a true open space lab.”

Campers will be able to choose from a diverse array of workshops which include creating 3d animations, flash programming, Web 2.0 video creation, web design, robotics, computer programming, or even the opportunity to develop their own mobile-device video game.

On eCamp Israel, Teenagers will get a chance to take part on a unique Google Gadgets Developers – Workshop hosted by Google Israel.

Shai Agassi, Accepts Role as eCamp’s ‘Chief Scientist’

While participants will be able to experiment and explore, they also learn how to utilize innovation to make the world a better place.

Shai Agassi, a hero in Israel’s technology world, former SAP executive and founder of Project Better Place, which is focused on developing a sustainable environmental solutions by making viable electric vehicles, has accepted role as eCamp’s Chief Scientist.

“Through Technology Tikkun Olam (“Repairing the World” through Community Service), campers will help solve global problems that are challenging our world,” explained co-CEO Dotan Tamir, the co-founder. “I’m honored to be among Israel’s technology leaders who are rightfully making time to share our triumphs, and struggles, with the eCampers.”

eCamp Israel is operated in partnership with Oranim Educational Initiatives, Israel’s leading educational travel company, to provide a safe and satisfying experience. Campers will be housed at the eCamp Village, a picturesque nature reserve at the residential village in Aloney Yitzchak.

“Campers from around the world will experience the ‘Silicon Wadi’ in a comfortable, secure, and enriching environment. Participants will experience the summer of a lifetime through the gift of eCamp Israel, where they can learn from the world’s best and design their future,” said Tamir.

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A small city in Israel sues Google for false information

February 11, 2008 – 1:56 am

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Officials in “Kiryat Yam”, a small city in northern Israel, have filed a complaint with police against the Internet search engine Google. The city argues that one of Google’s programs, Google Earth, gives viewers false information that offends the city’s image.

Those who see “Kiryat Yam” on Google Earth are told that the city was built on the ruins of an Arab town from which innocent civilians were expelled. In fact, officials said, the city was built by Holocaust survivors on land that was completely barren and had not been settled in the past. The false information was placed as part of a deliberate attempt to hurt the city’s interests, they said.

It is important to note that Google is not the one who posted the comment on Google Earth. One of the most popular features in the program is that users can contribute their comments on specific places on the map.

The information on Google earth was posted by a user by the name of “Thameen_Darby“, a Palestinian living in Jenin, who took on himself to post comments on hundreds of Arab villages that were vanished in 1948 when Israel was declared a state.

Update:

My friend Paul who writes on networkworld inform me that he sent a mail to Google,
asking what they have to say, and i must admit their answer was really surprising…”Not our fight”…
you can read it on networkworld.com.

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KonoLive Launches The First Instant Collaboration Software Solution

February 6, 2008 – 2:44 am

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KonoLive, the instant collaboration software, announced its global launch today at DEMO 08, the premier launch venue for new products, technologies and companies. KonoLive is the instant collaboration software that is defining the future of knowledge sharing.

We all collaborate on a daily basis. KonoLive connects the three core elements necessary to get things done - People, Activities, and Content - and introduces a new layer of collaboration tools to enable the smooth integration of all three. With KonoLive, collaborating on the things you do every day can be reduced to intuitive, single-click actions. By engaging your social and business networks to contribute to activities, KonoLive brings more value to the content you create and share - anytime, anywhere and on any format.

“It’s easy to confuse ‘communication’ - which is around us every day through email, phone, fax and instant messenger applications - with ‘collaboration’,” commented Yossi Dan, co-founder & CEO of 2Win-Solutions, the developer of KonoLive. “The ability to truly collaborate on any content is still a cumbersome process with multiple versions of documents, media and other content being generated by overwhelmed knowledge workers. KonoLive empowers teams and individuals in a unified collaboration space and increases their productivity without requiring them to learn complex new tools.”

Online, exponential growth of social software is just beginning to tap the potential of collaboration networks. Connections are being created, but are not yet boosting productivity and frustration levels continue to rise while working with existing collaboration software. KonoLive provides an intuitive environment that is open to the applications everyone uses on a daily basis, freeing team members to work efficiently in familiar territory.

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As a unified collaboration space, KonoLive concentrates relevant content items such as documents, Web pages and media files so that they are easily accessible. This enables a quick review cycle, with collaboration tools such as comment, digital signature, tag, vote and more to come. This information is available from the KonoLive collaboration space, creating an environment that communicates expertise. KonoLive works both offline and online, enabling everyone to work anytime, anywhere.

Commenting on the launch of KonoLive, Chris Shipley, executive producer of the DEMO Conferences said, “It’s still early days for online collaboration. Even while social and business networking tools are seeing rapid adoption, real productivity won’t come until these new technologies are integrated into usable mash-ups. KonoLive creates a unified collaboration that lets its customers get things done. It’s a new baseline for practical knowledge sharing.”

KonoLive is one of the first applications to leverage Adobe® AIRTM, strengthening the connection between the desktop and the Internet to create a smooth and seamless experience for KonoLive users as they navigate intuitively between applications.

KonoLive is also announcing its private beta program, offering anyone the chance to begin collaborating and sharing ideas and content for free. Visit KonoLive to sign up and understand the elegant simplicity of instant collaboration.

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Winograd Commitee: Israel Political, military leadership failed during war

January 30, 2008 – 11:48 am

member1The Winograd Commitee which looked into the actions that evolved during the Second Lebanon War said the 2006 Lebanon campaign ended without victory, army did not provide effective response to Hizbullah rocket fire, inquiry commission head tells reporters. ‘Olmert acted in what he thought was the interest of the State of Israel,’ Winograd adds.

The committee called the war, which Israel launched against Hezbollah on July 12, 2006 after the militant group abducted two Israel Defense Forces soldiers and killed three others, a “major missed opportunity.”
“Israel embarked on a prolonged war that it initiated, which ended without a clear Israeli victory from a military standpoint,” Justice (ret.) Eliyahu Winograd told a press conference in Jerusalem.

However, Winograd added that “we are persuaded that both the prime minister, Ehud Olmert,and the defense minister, Amir Peretz, operated out of a strong and honest assessment and understanding of what, to them, was seen as necessary for Israel’s interests.”

Winograd also addressed the much-contested eleventh-hour ground incursion into southern Lebanon, ruling that the “last-minute ground offensive in Lebanon did not improve Israel’s position”.

We will now see what will be the outcome of the report as many Left wing politicians and reserve military groups call Olmert to resign.

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Delver Presents: A Social Networks Search Engine

January 29, 2008 – 3:11 am
Social Networks search Engine

Delver will present its soon-to-launch socially connected search engine at DEMO 08 in Palm Desert, California, on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 3pm PST. Delver is the first company to map a user’s social connections and deliver comprehensive Web search results ranked according to their social relevance to that user.

“People want trusted information from their friends, but may not know who in their network is knowledgeable about a given topic,” said Liad Agmon, CEO of Delver. “We make Web search more fun and meaningful by prioritizing results based on a user’s network, while enabling the user to discover others in their extended network who share common interests.”

Delver makes search more significant to the user by organizing friends’ tags and information found on social networking profiles, blogs, bookmarks, photo and video sharing sites; unlike older-generation Web search engines which prioritize the Web based upon the popularity of a given page or Web site. Then, the Delver search engine ranks this information based upon the searcher’s social connections. Since every person’s social graph is unique — like a fingerprint — the same query garners vastly different results for each person and reflects the collective experiences of a user’s trusted contacts.

“Delver’s social search functionality has the potential to redefine the way people search for uniquely relevant information on the Web,” said Chris Shipley, executive producer of the semi annual DEMO Conferences.

Since the user’s social connections impact the type of information a Delver search will yield, each user’s results will be different. For example, if a 50-year old mom and her teen son use Delver to search for information on a particular film the results generated for the mom will vary greatly from that of her son, based on the differences of their respective social groups. Delver organizes and ranks content from the user’s network because social connections are critical for discovering more personally relevant information.

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About Delver:

Delver is the first connected search company that improves the relevancy of Web search results by prioritizing these results based upon the searcher’s social network. The company’s patent-pending technology maps users’ social connections and delivers web search results ranked according to their social relevance to the users. Delver is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel and will open U.S. offices in Silicon Valley in spring 2008. Delver is backed by Carmel Ventures, a top-tier Israel-based VC.

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All You Want To Know About Activities In Eilat

January 27, 2008 – 4:33 am

Take a look on this tour of beautiful Eilat ,an incredible tourist city lying on the shores of the red sea,

and below the red mountains of Jordan.

The city of Eilat offers a wide range of activities, among them:

  • Water sports- Diving,Snorkeling,Water skiing and much more.
  • Jeep tours through the natural desert landscape.
  • Viewing the world famous coral reef, filled with exotic fish and other marine creatures.
  • Numerous world class festivals.
  • Varied and exciting night life.
  • Excellent restaurants of all kinds.

Eilat (From Wikipedia) Israel’s southernmost city, is a tourist resort and port located at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on the Gulf of Aqaba arm of the Red Sea.

Home to 50,000 people, the city is part of the Southern Negev Desert, at the south end of the Arava, and straddles the southern end of the geographic line demarcating Africa from Asia.

The city is adjacent to the Egyptian village of Taba, to the south, and the Jordanian port city of Aqaba, to the east.

Eilat’s semi-arid desert climate is moderated by proximity to a tropical sea. Summer air temperatures often exceed 40 °C and 22 °C in winter, while water temperatures range between 22-28 °C. The city’s beaches, nightlife and desert landscapes make it a popular destination for domestic and international tourism.

This film was created by ‘Bereshit” (genesis) productions- young production team from Israel Creating also the local TV show of eilat city –”eilat show”

The original music is composed by “the fox” member of “Bereshit” production.

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