
App steers you to parking spots
New Israeli app lets you turn to the crowd for inside information on parking spaces about to open up in the big city.
Brian has been a journalist and high-tech entrepreneur for over 25 years. He combines this expertise for ISRAEL21c as he writes about hot new local startups, pharmaceutical advances, scientific discoveries, culture, the arts and daily life in Israel. He loves hiking the country with his family (and blogging about it). Originally from California, he lives in Jerusalem with his wife and three children.

New Israeli app lets you turn to the crowd for inside information on parking spaces about to open up in the big city.

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