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Apple Pulls Apps Citing Fraud

Apple Inc. removed an undisclosed number of applications from its popular App Store and acknowledged that a developer had engaged in fraudulent purchases. Apple said applications created by Thuat Nguyen had been removed and alleged Mr. Nguyen had engaged in “fraudulent purchase patterns.” The move followed complaints by some App Store users that their accounts had been accessed to purchase ...

Apple Is Most Valuable Company on Earth: Analysts

Analysts have had three weeks since Apple [AAPL 358.16 2.96 (+0.83%) ] reported its best quarter ever to breakdown the results and the verdict is finally in: Apple should be the most valuable company on earth.Since the Jan. 18 report where Apple said it sold a record 16 million iPhones last quarter and nearly doubled the sales of iPads, at least five firms ...

Apple iPad sales reach one million as it flies off the shelves TWICE as fast as the iPhone

Apple has sold one million iPads since its launch a month ago, flying off the shelves twice as fast as the iPhone did when it was new. The milestone was reached on Friday, when the new 3G model of the iPad was delivered to its first buyers. Apple said today that the 9.7-inch touchscreen iPad – a new device that ...

Apple Cuts ‘Jew or Not?’ App in France

The Apple corporation has removed a mobile application called “Jew or Not?” from its online App Store in France. The iPhone application is intended to allow the user to consult a database of public personalities and celebrities to determine whether or not they are Jewish.SOS Racisme, a French non-governmental organization (NGO), filed a formal complaint with the company, according to the Associated ...

Antwerp Girls’ School Forced to Admit Boys

A Belgian court in the city of Antwerp has forced a Jewish Orthodox school for girls, affiliated with the Belz Hasidic dynasty, to admit the two sons of a radical anti-Zionist haredi man, local and Jewish media worldwide report.The ruling ends a long saga in which the city’s different Jewish schools refused to accept the sons of Moshe Aryeh Friedman, ...

Anti-Semitism in U.S. Rises for First Time Since 2004

The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States increased for the first time since 2004, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s annual audit.The ADL Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents released Tuesday showed that there were 1,239 incidents in 2010, up slightly from the 1,211 reported the previous year. The audit tracks assaults, vandalism and harassment reported during the calendar year in ...

‘Anti-Semitism a growing threat in Canada’

The Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism (CPCCA) has announced the release of its final Inquiry Panel Report.“At a time when Canada is witnessing an unprecedented increase in anti-Semitic incidents and hateful discourse,” said Mario Silva, chair of the Inquiry Panel, “the release of the CPCCA report could not be timelier.”Read More: @ ynetnews.comYou might also like:Hate Crimes in NY State ...

Anti-Semitic Remarks get MLB Player Suspended

Detroit Tigers outfielder Delmon Young has been suspended without pay for seven days, for making anti-Semitic remarks at a group of men he had an altercation with.Young was arrested following what has been described as “an alcohol-fueled anti-Semitic rampage in Manhattan.”The 26-year-old is now facing misdemeanor aggravated harassment charge. If he is convicted, he may be sentence to up to ...

‘Anti-Semitic fliers target Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel’

Just a week before Chicago residents vote for their new Mayor, leading candidate Rahm Emanuel became the target of anti-Semitic attacks, NBC Chicago reported on Tuesday.According the report, fliers of the former White House chief of staff were distributed at the Red Line Chicago station in Chicago reading “I will run Chicago as I ran Freddie Mac, PROFITABLE (for me, ...

Anti-Israel Attitudes Spreading at U.S. Universities, Report Says

A report released February 8 by The David Project, one of a handful of Jewish groups devoted to campus activism on Israel, paints a nuanced picture of the challenges Israel faces on U.S. university campuses. Called “A Burning Campus? Rethinking Israel Advocacy at America’s Universities and Colleges,” the paper claims that universities are host to the worst anti-Israel behavior in ...

Anti-AIPAC Posters in Downtown Washington Greet Conference Delegates

Hundreds of anti-AIPAC billboards have been posted across central subway stations in downtown Washington D.C. proclaiming that “AIPAC does not speak for me”.Sponsored by the left-wing Jewish Voice for Peace and the Avaaz global advocacy group, the posters were highly visible to many of the 13,000 delegates attending the pro-Israel lobby’s annual conference.“AIPAC does not speak for me. Most Jewish ...

Another First for Barclays Center: A Concert of Jewish Music

The arena he built in Brooklyn has hosted concerts of hip-hop, Latin salsa and reggae, not to mention performances by Dylan, Streisand and the Rolling Stones, but when the genre chosen was Jewish music, Bruce C. Ratner decided to take charge himself.Mr. Ratner, a real estate developer who cut his musical teeth on cantorial singing at a synagogue in his ...