Think of emailing the smell of mom’s freshly baked cookies, or asking your computer to check if the milk is spoiled. Scientists at the Weizmann Institute in Israel have managed to create the first “odor pleasantness” algorithm, allowing eNoses to predict the appeal of new odors.

President Shimon Peres, Israel’s eternal child has joined the 2.0 revolution.
We’re proud to present the Shimon Peres show, coming to a computer near you.

While army life is usually synonymous with grease and dust, in Israel, the army is also known as the test lab for some of the world’s most high tech innovations. Paraphrasing on the prophet Isaiah: ” they shall beat their swords into stock options”.

Today was the first day of the 140 Characters Conference in New York, and we were proud to see in the crowd so many Israelis who are passionate about the evolving use of Twitter.

When you think of “public diplomacy,” a computer might not be the first thing that comes to mind. Maybe, though it should be–or at least high up on the list.

Photo: Getty Images In the current economic environment, people are always talking about how to save money for the things they really need. Now, we read in The Jewish Week about Thrive, where the goal is to help you save–and keep saving. Co-founded by Ori Schnaps, the site takes a distinctly Israeli approach to your [...]

Google Israel, Haifa.Photo by David55King on Flickr. Used under Creative Commons License. During the past few weeks, Google has rolled out a few tweaks to their search engine system designed to improve your search experience. Even better: Several of these newly implemented tools are Israeli products. For instance: Ynet reported last week on the addition [...]

Loren Feldman of 1938 Media, caught up with Jeff Pulver, one of the leaders in internet phone and video, at a Garage Geeks event in Tel Aviv. In the video above (from 1938 Media), you can hear their takes on the entrepreneurial spirit in Israel.

@israelconsulate Hello Twitter friends, We have been very happy to see the number of people interested in communicating with us on Twitter. We would like to do something for you and help all of us get to know each another on a more personal level. Computers are great, but there’s nothing like a face-to-face meeting. [...]

Photo: Wikimedia Commons The ideas of Web 2.0 and social networking continue to take the world by storm–and Israeli companies are helping you take full advantage. We came across this great post on the Go2Web20 blog and decided we needed to share the good news. First of all, we had no clue about all these [...]