Today's News from The Middle East, Mobile World Congress, and Nancy Drew?

Israel has announced that it is considering allowing Google Street View to photograph Israeli cities, despite growing concerns that the Street View service could be used to plot acts of terror in the region. Recent news reports have revealed that a team of Israeli Cabinet ministers instructed experts on Monday to work with Google (News - Alert) to find a safe way to implement the feature as soon as possible.

As a service that is already available in 27 countries, Google Street View allows users to virtually tour locations on a map using vehicles manned with panoramic cameras. Israeli officials are most worried about the consequences of making certain locations visible on the Internet in case they become targets of terror attacks.

The service has sparked intense debate about personal privacy in other countries, but in Israel, officials are concerned about putting unprecedented information about potential terrorism targets on the Internet.

In news from the Mobile World Congress this week in Barcelona, Ixia (News - Alert) has revealed its collaboration with major players there as a global provider of converged IP network test solutions. The company has been showcasing new wireless products and performance benchmarks.

These solutions are said to have the potential to push the wireless industry's delivery for better-performing and higher-quality 4G networks. Ixia claims it is the only company capable of scaling to hundreds of gigabits of video traffic, emulating hundreds of millions of mobile subscribers surfing the internet, and processing millions of web transactions per second.

Love Nancy Drew? Well, there’s an app for that. Her Interactive, the premier mystery-maker and pioneer of interactive mystery adventures, recently announced the availability of its new Nancy Drew Mobile Mysteries: Shadow Ranch app, for the iPhone (News - Alert), iPod touch and iPad.

This interactive gamebook app, part game and part story, allows players to decide how the story unfolds as they play games and solve mysteries. In the app, users find Nancy Drew off on a new sleuthing adventure, complete with all the twists and turns readers and game players have come to love in the classic Nancy Drew mysteries.