Monthly Archives: December 2017

Microsoft’s new Israel campus

Posted on December 24, 2017

Microsoft has completed a lease for its new campus in Herzliya Pituach. The company will rent the 10-story 44,000 square meter Sea Tower building currently under construction. On completion, Microsoft Israel will relocate its staff from several Herzliya Pituach locations … Continue reading →

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WeWork goes large in Shanghai

Posted on December 24, 2017

Co-working real estate company WeWork, led by Israeli Adam Neumann, has leased an office building in Shanghai, where in 2018 it intends to open its largest co-working space to date. The ten-story building covers 27,000 square meters. http://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3727234,00.html

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Technical support at home within the hour

Posted on December 24, 2017

Israeli-founded startup Puls sends a technician within 60 minutes in response to a request to install or repair your electronic device. Accept the fixed price quote on Puls’ website and they dispatch one of 1300 freelance technicians to your home. … Continue reading →

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The fastest growing startup

Posted on December 24, 2017

Mobile ad startup YouAppi was the top company in the 2017 Deloitte Israel Technology Fast 50 list. YouAppi helps companies reach users through mobile ads and analytics, and has grown by 16,230 percent in four years. YouAppi’s platform is used … Continue reading →

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Frutarom’s 11th & 12th acquisitions in 2017

Posted on December 24, 2017

Israel’s Frutarom has bought Poland’s Fabryka Substancji Zapachowych Pollena-Aroma, one of Poland’s leading producers of ingredients for the aromatherapy and natural cosmetics industries. It has also taken a 51% stake in Brazil’s savory solutions maker Bremil Industria. http://shares.telegraph.co.uk/news/article.php?id=5788599&epic=FRUT https://www.foodbev.com/news/frutarom-buys-51-brazils-bremil-industria-31m/

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Israel plans to refill the Kinneret

Posted on December 24, 2017

To increase the level of the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) after a series of bad droughts, Mekorot (Israel’s national water company) will pump desalinated water back into the Kinneret from the Eshkol water filtration plant – the fourth largest facility … Continue reading →

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The carbon footprint of freight transport

Posted on December 24, 2017

I reported previously (several times) on Israel’s Freightos, which is making international freight transport easier and cheaper. Freightos also makes it eco-friendlier by providing a CO2 footprint calculation on every quote. Customers can then choose the route and mode (air, … Continue reading →

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Israeli tech in AR headsets

Posted on December 24, 2017

I’ve reported previously (see here) on the Augmented Reality (AR) optical engines developed by Israel’s Lumus. Now Taiwan’s Quanta Computer is to manufacture AR headsets with the Lumus technology inside. The product is expected to be on the market by … Continue reading →

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A refund if prices drop after you purchase

Posted on December 24, 2017

Most people aren’t aware that their credit cards or favorite retailers have price protection policies when products get discounted after purchase. Israeli startup and app Earny tracks the prices of products online and claims refunds for its users when prices … Continue reading →

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The solar energy valley in the desert

Posted on December 24, 2017

The Ashalim thermo-solar power station in Israel’s Negev Desert covers 988 acres with 28,000 tons of steel. With an adjacent thermos-solar plant and 2 nearby photovoltaic plants, they will provide some 300MW of electricity daily into the National Grid – … Continue reading →

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