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A new set of $100,000 grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funding a range of mobile phone applications in an effort to improve global health. The latest projects funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation could turn smartphones into superphones that are part doctor, part secretary, part Orkin man. The Gates' Grand Challenges Exploration has previously given $100,000 grants to early-stage research focused on urgent health problems and come up with some amazing ideas for treatment .

WBy Nadia Drake of Nature magazine The sighting of a lone gray whale ( Eschrichtius robustus ) last year off the beaches of Israel, and then again near Spain, came as a surprise to many. [More]

Fearing that war-crimes allegations could arise from future conflicts, the IDF is considering turning troops into impromptu combat journalists who will document wartime operations on video. As the Israeli military gears up for a likely ground war with the Palestinian military organization Hamas, the nation's brass is hoping a new plan could deflect possible war-crimes charges. The solution: Bringing cameras into the warzone.

Turkey in the middle of an online auction boom; now eBay has a big part of the action thanks to a local giant they've had a long relationship with. Auction giant eBay has committed themselves to the Turkish market by purchasing a 93% stake in local site GittiGidiyor , which has more than 6.4 million registered users. Ebay was previously a minority shareholder in GittiGidiyor.Terms of the deal were not disclosed

Shai Magzimof had a great idea for an Android app--but he had to serve time in the Israeli Army. A few months ago, Shai Magzimof found himself in the pitch meeting of his life.

Larry Klayman has sued Facebook and Zuckerberg for its failure to shut down the "Third Intifada" Facebook page sooner than it did. Who is this "one-man litigation explosion," and what does he represent? On Thursday, Larry Klayman, a Washington, D.C., lawyer, sued Facebook and Mark Zuckerber for $1 billion in damages.

SodaStream now touts natural syrups and the eco-friendliness of homemade soda.

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today. From raw factory space to clean, bright office

The threat of cyber-war--and of a catastrophic hacker attack to Germany's industrial or military infrastructure--is spurring the creation of two new high-level government organizations. The Federal Republic of Germany has just released a comprehensive cyber-security strategy that will create two high-level government agencies devoted exclusively to cyber-war

It has happened to everyone. You can’t recall a name or you forget your credit card PIN number.

Meredith Israel didn't want her hair to fall out in clumps, so she shaved it off