Monthly Archives: October 2013

Israeli intelligence inspires Apple

Posted on October 27, 2013

According to those in the know, the members of the IDF’s secret 8200 unit that set-up Any.Do were the inspiration for Apple’s latest iOS7 operating system. http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/9/4817146/taskmasters-how-israeli-intelligence-officers-helped-inspire-the-look-of-ios-7 http://www.iati.co.il/news-item/1464/%EF%BF%BDuseless%EF%BF%BD-technology-takes-center-stage-at-israel%EF%BF%BDs-geekcon

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Israeli swimmer breaks record – in Dubai

Posted on October 20, 2013

Israeli swimmer Amit Ivri broke her own record – and Israel’s record – in her 200-meter individual medley heat at the FINA Swimming World Cup, being held in Dubai. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/172929#.UmAyb1P91zo

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Study for a law degree in Israel in English

Posted on October 20, 2013

The IDC (Interdisciplinary Center) in Herzliya is offering the first ever Israel-based law degree course for English speakers. It costs $10,950 pa – 15% of US law school fees. It prepares students for the Israeli bar exam but 5-week US … Continue reading →

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Charity pure and simple

Posted on October 20, 2013

Everyone can do some good. Pantry Packers offers groups of tourists to Israel the opportunity to spend 90 minutes packing food for poor families. It’s a concept called Tikkun Olam Tourism. http://www.israellycool.com/2013/10/14/reader-post-pantry-packers-tourist-attraction/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yD7fyhzPDDo

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The word of the Lord from Jerusalem

Posted on October 20, 2013

(Thanks to Jacob Richman) The next letters sent from Israel may feature some of the latest set of beautiful biblical postage stamps. http://www.jr.co.il/pictures/stamps/biblical.htm

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Healthy, educated and able

Posted on October 20, 2013

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has just issued its first-ever Human Capital Index. Israel came 4th in the world for capacity for innovation, 3rd for life expectancy, 2nd for tertiary education attainment and joint 1st for water, sanitation and hygiene. … Continue reading →

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Facebook discovers Israel

Posted on October 20, 2013

The social media giant has acquired Israel’s Onavo for at least $100 million. Onavo has developed some unique marketing and data compression applications as well as operating a successful mobile security business. Onavo says that it will become Facebook’s Israeli … Continue reading →

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Israel’s electronic link to Las Vegas

Posted on October 20, 2013

Tel Aviv was one of only four cities in the world to hold “CES Unveiled” – a daughter event of Las Vegas’s massively popular Consumer Electronics Show. http://www.timesofisrael.com/a-tech-taste-of-vegas-comes-to-tel-aviv/

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Microsoft Haifa is too big

Posted on October 20, 2013

Microsoft Israel Ltd. has grown too large for its current Haifa premises and has signed a 10-year lease on a new, 12,000 square-meter building at the Matam High Tech Park in Haifa. In addition, Microsoft has a 13,000 square-meter building … Continue reading →

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Israeli chips for Australia

Posted on October 20, 2013

(Thanks to Atid-EDI) Australia’s second largest DSL broadband provider, iiNet, has picked the high performance 802.11ac Wi-Fi chip from Israel’s Celeno to enable iiNet to stream data and HD video directly from future iiNet products. http://www.celeno.com/media-room/press-releases/286-iinet-selects-celeno-s-802-11ac-wi-fi-for-future-hardware.html

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