Monthly Archives: August 2021

Follow Team Israel

Posted on August 1, 2021

Shari Wright-Pilo and David Wiseman have built English language sites on Facebook and Instagram where fans can follow Israel’s athletes at the Tokyo Olympics. They also have produced a workout video where the team shows some of the exercises they … Continue reading →

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Beer festival

Posted on August 1, 2021

Nearly 5,000 visitors attended the 6th annual Desert Beer Festival in Tekoa, a town in Israel’s Gush Etzion. They enjoyed beer from 15 Israeli breweries, food from local stalls and music from Israeli band “Teapacks”. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/310437

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Museum sculptures become street art

Posted on August 1, 2021

Tel Aviv Museum of Art’s recent “Out of the Cube” exhibit was placed around the city. Some two-dozen artists displayed their “habitat inspired” artworks at sites including Levinsky Market, Bialik Square, Nachalat Binyamin and Park Hayarkon. https://www.timesofisrael.com/out-of-the-cube-takes-sculptures-out-of-the-museum-and-into-tel-aviv/

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New Israeli ports

Posted on August 1, 2021

Israel’s new Gulf Port of Haifa is to begin operations on Sep 1st. Built entirely offshore by Israeli companies Shapir Engineering and Ashtrom, it will handle ships 400 meters long and 62 meters wide that carry 18,000+ containers. Another new … Continue reading →

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A blockchain Unicorn

Posted on August 1, 2021

Israel’s Fireblocks (see here previously) has developed a platform based on blockchain technology for customers to manage their digital assets in a secure wallet. Fireblocks has just raised $310 million to give it a market value of $2 billion and … Continue reading →

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Managing social media

Posted on August 1, 2021

Israel’s Oktopost is a fully integrated platform that helps companies use social media to generate leads, acquire customers, and boost revenue from marketing campaigns. Customers include Panasonic, ACI, NICE, Fujitsu and Sisense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtGFZnqRgvQ https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3913081,00.html https://www.oktopost.com/

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Managing PR

Posted on August 1, 2021

Israel’s Propel has developed (PR) software that helps improve the workflow and results of agency and in-house PR professionals. It allows monitoring and analysis of campaigns and is compatible with both Gmail and Outlook. Focusing on the US and UK, … Continue reading →

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Empowering employees for success

Posted on August 1, 2021

Israel’s YOOBIC is designed to improve productivity and motivation of a company’s front-line (deskless) workers. Its platform is available in 25 languages and used by 200+ companies in 80 countries including Boots, Lancôme, Lacoste, Logitech, Puma and Sanofi. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3913088,00.html https://yoobic.com/ … Continue reading →

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The ultimate guide to boycotting Israel

Posted on August 1, 2021

This new video gives some home truths to the BDS movement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDqHWktku9Y

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Cybersecurity insurance is worth a billion dollars

Posted on August 1, 2021

Israel’s At-Bay (see here previously) uses machine learning and other tech to assess the cybersecurity risk of firms seeking insurance against cyber-attacks. At-Bay has just raised $185 million of funds, giving it a $1.3 billion valuation and the financial status … Continue reading →

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