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Illustrative: A woman cooking and sharing the sight via cellphone. Israeli scientists say people will soon be able to share smells. (Andrii Lysenko via iStock by Getty Images)
November 11, 2020, 6:05 pm
Digitizing odors: Israelis whiff the future with ‘smellophone’ tech breakthrough
Weizmann Institute team says it has created a molecular ‘smell map’ that can be used to recreate almost any scent on earth, potentially sending what you sniff around the globe
By Nathan Jeffay
In this March 10, 2020 file photo, a woman wearing a face mask checks her phone as she walks at the Naviglio Grande canal in Milan, Italy. Across Europe, governments are increasingly using surveillance to try to curtail the lethal spread of the new coronavirus, tracking people’s movements with aggregated cell phone location data and introducing apps to keep the infected quarantined. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
March 24, 2020, 5:47 am
Europe eyes smartphone location data to stem virus spread
Following the lead of Asian governments and Israel, EU countries weigh moves that could put public health at odds with individual privacy
By Frank Bajak and Nicole Winfield
Illustrative photo of a man on his cell phone (photo credit: Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
April 19, 2017, 12:10 pm
Iran blocks voice calls on messaging app
Days after feature on popular Telegram phone application was authorized for use, judiciary shuts it down
By AFP
Samsung Galaxy S7 mobile devices on display at the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, August 2, 2016. (AFP Photo/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
October 16, 2016, 2:50 pm
Following US recommendation, Israel bans Galaxy Note 7 on flights
Civil Aviation Authority blocks passengers from boarding planes with phones that have caught fire numerous times
By ToI Staff and Agencies
An Israeli woman uses her iPhone in front of the building housing the Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group, on August 28, 2016 in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
September 29, 2016, 9:05 am
Apple using Israeli R&D to develop ‘iPhone 8’
Herzliya Center working on hardware for phone that will be ‘significantly different’ from current models, says employee
By JTA and ToI Staff
Egypt's Deputy Public Prosecutor Mustafa Suleiman, who headed an Egyptian delegation that was in Rome last week, as he prepares to speak during a press conference on slain Italian graduate student Giulio Regeni, April 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
April 12, 2016, 7:14 pm
Egypt walks back rejection of Italy request over slain student
In about face, Cairo accepts request to hand over phone records that may help explain killing of Giulio Regeni
By AP and AFP
Sesame Enable co-founder Giora Livne uses the Sesame Phone. (Basti Hansen)
December 6, 2015, 5:25 pm
No-hands-needed smartphone to be made available for free
Individuals who are paralyzed or otherwise disabled can now be part of the digital revolution, says Sesame Phone inventor Oded Ben Dov
By David Shamah
Kenny Sahr
October 23, 2015, 6:16 am
Kenny Sahr
How to survive your vacation on one cellphone battery
Until they start making batteries that can really take the ‘punishment’ users dish out, there are some strategies to extend usage time for ‘ordinary’ cell batteries
An illustrative photo of a man holding an iPhone (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 7, 2015, 7:01 pm
Man caught with 32 cellphones glued to his body
Bat Yam resident, 26, hoped to smuggle the phones through Ben Gurion Airport
By ToI Staff
A recent ISACA event (Photo credit: Courtesy)
November 4, 2014, 3:50 pm
App turns any Android phone owner into a hacker
AirHopper is one example of an advanced presistent threat, and the world needs to be prepared, says Shai Zandani of ISACA
By David Shamah
Nahum Kovalski
August 1, 2014, 4:35 pm
Nahum Kovalski
All around the world …
Cellphones are revolutionizing medical treatment, and medical insurance as well
Johnny Solomon
July 17, 2014, 7:37 pm
Johnny Solomon
Connecting to our homeland through our cellphone
The Red Alert app is one way for Jews and friends of Israel around the world to keep up with the current war
July 6, 2014, 12:53 pm
Nokia returns to Israel with 3D tech acquisition
Finnish cellphone maker is rebuilding its core business; NICE systems technology is important to its effort
By David Shamah
Illustrative photo of a cellphone tower (photo credit: CC BY Joe Ravi/Wikipedia)
From the WebJuly 2, 2014, 6:24 pm
Israel ministry issues tender for 4G mobile networks
Reuters: The new, faster bandwidth will shared among Israel’s five cellphone service providers
A cellphone recharging on a Powermat Spot at a California Starbucks (Photo credit: Courtesy)
June 15, 2014, 7:10 pm
Starbucks puts Israeli phone charging tech in shops
The coffee chain is set to deploy thousands of Powermat’s wireless charging pads, thanks to a new partnership
By David Shamah
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