Archive for January, 2008

BibleTech 2008 Roundup

January 29th, 2008

This years BibleTech was a great event! I enjoyed meeting and talking with so many people that are passionate about the Bible and technology. The highlight of the conference for me was talking with so many people about Bible software and mobile technologies.
I also found Sean Boisen talks on zoomable user interfaces very [...]

BibleTech 2008 in Seattle was great…

January 28th, 2008

More details coming later this week, but check out the article on BibleTech08: Day 2 – Session 04, The Challenges & Future of Bible Software in a Mobile World.

Advanced Rendering of Hebrew and Aramaic Texts on Palm and Pocket PC

January 22nd, 2008

We at Olive Tree are excited about new developments in our handling of Hebrew and Aramaic texts. Over the past several months, we have moved to UNICODE!
In recent years, there have been impressive technological advances made for displaying languages like Hebrew and Aramaic with complex scripts, from the establishment and expansion of the UNICODE [...]

Olive Tree at Bible Tech 2008

January 16th, 2008

We are very excited to be attending and presenting at this year’s Bible Technology Conference in Seattle, WA on January 25th and 26th. Bible Tech 2008 is a conference that will explore the intersection of Bible and technology. If you are passionate about the Bible and technology or just want to meet some of the [...]

Olive Tree Announces the Qumran!

January 4th, 2008

We at Olive Tree are announcing the release of a new Qumran (non-biblical scrolls) module. The discovery of thousands of documents and fragments thereof, known as the Dead Sea Scrolls, at Khirbet Qumran beginning in 1947 is the greatest archaeological discovery related to the Bible in modern times. Dating from 250BC to 70AD, the Dead [...]