Israelis Shai Mishali and Pavel Kaminsky won the $100,000 grand prize at the global hackathon competition held at PayPal’s California HQ. They beat 3,000 international programmers by developing (in 24 hours) AirHop, for messaging without cellular reception or using devices without SIM cards.
http://jewishbusinessnews.com/2014/11/17/israelis-win-paypal-battle-hack-grand-prize/