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2 for tech startups. The Boston Globe (another newspaper with a poor political balance on Israel) has named Tel Aviv the world's second best city for tech startups, after Silicon Valley in California. Tel Aviv was also stated to have the highest density of tech startups in the world.

Tasigli is an Israeli personal shopping agency, serving global customers looking to locate and purchase unique, high quality and even simple Israeli products. Founded in 2012 by two top officers in the IDF reserves, Tasligli delivers “land of milk & honey” products anywhere in the world.

The unique code generators and algorithms at Israel’s Webydo reduce the time and cost of building websites vastly. Webydo has a secular CEO and a religious Zionist co-founder; it has an Israel-Arab financer, 15 female ultra-orthodox Jewish employees and 10,000 customers.

A new Israeli train line has just been inaugurated that will cut travel times between Tel Aviv and the Southern cities of Ashdod and Ashkelon. Transportation minister Yisrael Katz said, “The train lines mean a revolution in Israeli living”. People can have jobs in Tel Aviv and live elsewhere.

Facebook is reported to be expanding its operations within the Jewish state in order to enhance its status as a favored platform for developers of applications and games. Facebook said that Israelis developed five of its ten fasted growing games.

Despite assurances that the US will not reduce spending on Israel’s Iron Dome, the Israeli government has decided to allow its primary rocket defense system to be included in the US cuts. Israel’s ambassador to the US, Michael Oren, said that Israel “should bear its share of the burden.”

(Thanks to Atid-EDI) Israel’s SDE Energy is developing a 100MW sea wave power plant along the coastline of Conakry – the capital of Guinea. The project will help Guinea Conakry become more independent and solve all its energy problems.

Governor Jack A. Markell said he and his delegation of Delaware entrepreneurs and business leaders aim to explore ways for Israel and Delaware to strengthen ties and forge new relationships. Thousands of Israeli-based businesses are already incorporated in Delaware.

Computer giant IBM has acquired Herzliya Pituach-based Computing Solutions Leaders International (CSL) for an estimated $20 million. CSL’s virtualization and cloud-computing systems allow customers to run their business applications efficiently or remotely on 3rd party computers.

According to Israel’s Airport Authority, air flight traffic in the month of July increased by more than 6.5% in comparison to the previous summer. Passenger traffic at Ben Gurion airport is expected to peak in August.