2014年8月21日 星期四

2014-08-22 Israel Sci/Tech

  San Diego Jewish World   
7000-Year-Old Awl Is Oldest Metal Object Ever Found in Middle East  NBCNews.com
Talk about an antique. Researchers say they have discovered the oldest metal object ever found in the Middle East. The copper awl, discovered at the Tel Tsaf excavation site near Israel's border with Jordan, dates back to late 6th or early 5th century B.C. It's ...

Copper awl from Jordan Valley is oldest metal ever discovered in Middle East   Jerusalem Post
Copper awl is oldest metal object found in Middle East   San Diego Jewish World
Oldest metal in Middle East found in Israeli dig   The Times of Israel
Newswise (press release)   
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Former Playtech CEO Avigur Zmora Launches Funzing to Find Activities, Events ...  Jewish Business News
Six years after leaving online gambling company Playtech Cyprus Ltd. (LSE:PTEC), where he served as CEO and board member, Avigur Zmora is returning to the world of Internet as an entrepreneur. In recent years, he invested in a number of companies and ...

Former PlayTech CEO Zmora Launches Funzing Event Recommendation Website   NoCamels - Israeli Innovation News

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  Christian Science Monitor   
Global warming 'hiatus': Scientists duel over which ocean steals some heat  Christian Science Monitor
Many scientists say natural climate variability is behind a slowdown in the pace of global warming over the past 15 years. And the key to the variability is the way oceans can act as heat sinks. By Pete Spotts, Staff writer August 21, 2014. close. Illustration ...

Global Warming Slowdown Trapped in Ocean   Voice of America
Atlantic slows global warming with temperature rises seen resuming from 2030   Sydney Morning Herald
Global warming 'hiatus' means heat is hiding in ocean   Yahoo News UK
Xinhua   
The Guardian   
Irish Times   
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  CNBC   
Creator Behind Flappy Bird Comes Back With New Game, 'Swing Copters' On ...  mxdwn.com
Remember that game you had on your devices that made you want to through it at the wall, because it was so addictive and frustrating at times? Well creator behind Flappy Bird, Dong Nguyen, earlier this week teased the new game, and now Swing Copters ...

'Flappy Bird' Creator Dong Nguyen Launches New Game 'Swing Copters'   NBCNews.com
Google Play Store Already Flooded With Swing Copters Clones   Ubergizmo
Clones of Swing Copters in Less Than 24 Hours   Kotaku
RollingStone.com   
BetaNews   
Dallas Morning News (blog)   
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
The next space race is for a rental car into orbit  Washington Post
Ever since the retirement of the space shuttle three years ago, American astronauts have had to hitchhike their way to the International Space Station aboard Russian spaceships. It is an increasingly costly arrangement, which the head of NASA has called ...

NASA, Russia Squabble Over International Space Station Sea Plankton Claim   Forbes
Sea plankton have been found on the International Space Station – but how did ...   The Guardian
Gas cloud creates 'dazzling' aurora   Toronto Sun
Fox News   
The Independent   
Discovery News   
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  IBNLive   
Opera signs deal to become default browser on Microsoft's Nokia feature phones  PCWorld (blog)
Opera will become the default browser on some Microsoft phones, Opera Software and Microsoft announced Thursday. No, Microsoft isn't dropping Internet Explorer as its mobile browser. Instead, Opera will power the web experience for the aging Asha ...

Opera Mini becomes default browser for Microsoft's fading feature phones   Computerworld
Microsoft to use Opera browser on low, mid-market phones   Fox Business
Opera Mini Now Default Browser on Microsoft Feature Phones   PC Magazine
Toronto Sun   
Inquirer   
CNET   
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  ABC News   
Islamic State militants turn to alternative social network in wake of ban from ...  Christian Science Monitor
Following a ban from more traditional social media services such as Twitter, members of the Islamic State militant group have started using a lesser-known platform called Diaspora, whose contents are harder to monitor and control.
No Facebook and Twitter election   Indian Express
The Social Network That Can't Stop ISIS   ABC News
The case for a social media standard on sensitive content   Washington Post (blog)
New Hampshire Business Review   
GlobalPost   
ITProPortal   
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  Wall Street Journal   
Uber Lets Partners Integrate Services Through API  Fox Business
First, the transportation startup announced it is piloting same-day grocery delivery services in Washington, D.C. Now, Uber is opening up its API to help users book rides while in apps used for travel, dating and financial management. With Uber's first 11 ...

Uber pulls into mobile dining and travel apps   Arab News
Uber builds on being 'best' by linking its ride requests to other mobile apps   Computerworld (blog)
United, TripAdvisor, Starbucks add Uber booking to their mobile apps   Los Angeles Times
Times of India   
Jaunted   
FinancialsTrend   
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  New York Daily News   
Spiders get bigger, multiply faster in cities: Australian study  New York Daily News
The City That Never Sleeps may be up for a whole new reason. A new study out of Australia has found that spiders get bigger and multiply faster when living in urbanized areas, like New York City. In the report published Wednesday, researchers at the ...

city spiders getting bigger   New Zealand Herald
Bright lights, big spiders: Researchers say city life is breeding giant arachnids   Daily Mail
Terrifying city-dwelling spiders are bigger and more fertile   Atlanta Journal Constitution
Sky News   
Business Standard   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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  Techie News   
Hack Day Produces Oculix, a Mind-Blowing Trip Through the Netflix Catalog  TechNewsWorld
A team of Netflix programmers merged the company's videos with the virtual reality capability offered by the Oculus Rift headset as a fun project on Netflix Hack Day. The Oculix media app lets users browse a floating 3D Netflix video catalog using head turning ...

Rather Fruitful Netflix Hack Day   Angle Chronicle
Tomorrow Daily 040: Netflix on Oculus Rift, cyborg moths, and hard drives in ...   CNET
Facebook Will Pay You To Find Bugs in Oculus Rift   GamingBolt
Computerworld Australia   
Geek   
Polygon   
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