Israel tourism to be promoted by Arsenal

great !! more drunk hooligans to come to Israel.

(i'm kidding of course, i happen to like Brits, especially female ones)

Arsenal signs two-year stadium ad deal with Israel tourism authority

Tel-Aviv vs. Stockholm

Life in Tel Aviv vs. Life in Stockholm: A not-so-scientific comparison.
From: Show and Tel Aviv: A short trek to Scandinavia.

holy israel

holy shit... holy cow... holy israel !

Google opens branch in Israel

Google's Israel web site has been active for years now.
Google now has a sales office in Israel and is looking for more Israeli employees. Their current activities are focused on selling ads, although they are said to also be looking at setting an R&D facility.
on another topic - Google Scholar is now linked to libraries in Israel.

Hamas view of Israel by Google

ביבי יחסל את העוני

ע"י חיסול העניים - הוא פשוט ירעיב אותם למוות

Google Maps coverage of Italy

Google Maps (Google Local) only provided map coverage of USA and UK. Last week, they added coverage of Northern Italy (probably has to do with the winter olympics held there). Hopefully this is early bird for many more territories.
BTW, air photos are already available for most of the world in various qualities.