4 Israeli apps every college student should know about

Getting stuck behind miles of cars is no fun. Israeli iPhone app Waze, acquired last week by Google, uses crowdsourcing to reduce wait time by providing users with up-to-the-minute traffic data.

The blockbuster deal — Google paid more than $1 billion — marks what may be a turning point for tech companies based in Israel, the first country outside of the United States in which Warren Buffet invested.

Here are four applications whose creators hail from the Middle East hub of innovation that college students need to know about.

Daniel Blas, USA TODAY

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