I’ve written several times about how technology is changing the global Jewish community, but I haven’t looked at other religious groups. Jamshid Ghazi Askar contacted me recently about an article he was writing on how different religious groups are using new technology like iPhone apps. It is interesting to hear how Mormons and Catholics are taking advantage of mobile apps in their faith communities. - Rabbi Jason Miller
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Apple has pulled the “Jew or not Jew” app from its app stores worldwide following a lawsuit from French anti-racism groups, reports the Register.
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TRIBE Media Corp., parent company of The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, has launched the first Jewish news app designed specifically for the iPad.
The Jewish Journal app, which became available for download from Apple’s app store on Oct. 2, offers readers a new way of accessing the Jewish world’s up-to-date news articles and unique blogs, as well as video and photographic content.
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Kentucky’s Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare went beyond the usual use of Twitter/Facenook/YouTube. They create a free application for the iPhone and BlackBerry (available at their respective online stores) that enables users:
As the tiles suggests. sections include: photos, video, audio, from the net, library, made in Israel, news, iRabbi,
