Monthly Archives: December 2017

Lloyds Insurance offers Israeli service to customers

Posted on December 3, 2017

London-based insurance market Lloyd’s has signed a deal with Israeli maritime data provider Windward. Windward will provide Lloyd’s member companies with software that forecasts accidents and dangerous conditions like hostilities breaking out in a specific area. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3725781,00.html

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Dropbox expands in Israel

Posted on December 3, 2017

US cloud storage company Dropbox is expanding its activity in Israel and moving to new offices at Tel Aviv’s Azrieli Sarona tower.  Dropbox aims “to attract the leading talent in Israel and allow our teams to work together seamlessly”. Amazon … Continue reading →

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Amazon to deliver in Israel.?

Posted on December 3, 2017

Amazon.com is in talks to set up its first shipping center in Israel. The world’s largest online retailer will hopefully soon begin operations in Israel, in a move that would lower shipping prices, waiting times, and import fees for Israeli … Continue reading →

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Two Israeli startup accelerators in Beijing

Posted on December 3, 2017

The Israeli Ministry of Economy is working with Chinese venture capital firms DayDayUp and ShengJing360 to launch two accelerators for Israeli startups in Beijing. The Ministry of Economy has already announced the ten startups selected to participate in the program. … Continue reading →

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Israeli universities help get better jobs

Posted on December 3, 2017

3 Israeli universities have climbed up the London Times’ Higher Education ranking of graduate employability.  The Technion came top for digital skills and third in corporate links. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University both improved on their … Continue reading →

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Brexit is good for UK-Israel trade

Posted on December 3, 2017

Business contacts between the UK and Israel are soaring, stimulated by Brexit issues and the current relative low value of Sterling. Recent activity includes the Innovate Israel 2017 conference in London and the UK Israel Business chamber of commerce’s largest … Continue reading →

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Israeli VR camera films life on space station

Posted on December 3, 2017

International Space Station astronaut Paolo Nespoli is making a National Geographic documentary “One Strange Rock” using a virtual reality (VR) camera developed by Israeli startup Human Eyes. The camera will take 3D, 360-degree shots of life and work aboard the … Continue reading →

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Three innovative Israeli universities

Posted on December 3, 2017

Israel was the only Middle East country mentioned in Reuters’ annual list of the World’s 100 most innovative universities. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem was 82nd, up 12 spots from last year. Tel Aviv University was ranked at 88 and … Continue reading →

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A prolific inventor

Posted on December 3, 2017

Assaf Natanzon, Vice President of advanced technology and investment evaluation for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Dell EMC, is the top Israeli on Wikipedia’s list of Prolific Inventors. He has 205 registered patents as at the time of writing … Continue reading →

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The supermarket in your kitchen

Posted on December 3, 2017

Israel’s Freshub has already developed a voice-activated smart kitchen device that allows you to order groceries, search recipes, setup cooking timers and play music. Freshub has now partnered with China’s TCL to integrate Freshub’s software into TCL’s Xess mini tablet … Continue reading →

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