Israel becomes a 'Promised Land' for non-Jewish geeks!!!!!!!!

Israel becomes a 'Promised Land' for non-Jewish geeks (via The Christian Science Monitor)

Scotsman Joe McCormack just moved into sleek new offices as CEO of Adquant – a far cry from his first job in Israel, selling newspaper subscriptions until 3 a.m. for less than $8 a shift. (Christa Case Bryant / The Christian Science Monitor) When…

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The future is nigh: FST21 launches new, somewhat dystopic identification software!!!!!!

The future is nigh: FST21 launches new, somewhat dystopic identification software (via Pando Daily)

By Cale Guthrie Weissman On August 28, 2013 Dystopic films like “Minority Report” — where the protagonist walks into a building to save the day, and video cameras sense his face to register that an intruder has entered – are by now a part of…

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Slim discovers the important social media updates!!!

Social media for busy people. Slim discovers the important updates from your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn so you can save time and never miss out again. Slim was created in San Francisco by Yair Levin and Zeev Vax. Both originally from Israel, they were looking to keep in touch with friends and family back home but found themselves frustrated with the burden of combing through social media to find important updates.

Wibbitz’s approach to mobile news shows the problem of too much tech!!!!!!

Wibbitz’s approach to mobile news shows the problem of too much tech (via Pando Daily)

By Hamish McKenzie On August 14, 2013 Israeli startup Wibbitz has news technology that seems to tick the right boxes for the mobile and wearable computing era, which is probably a big reason the company has Li Ka-shing, one of the world’s richest men…

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Top 5 European Startup Hubs!!!!!!!

Why Israel should reconsider too much high-fiving over Waze!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why Israel should reconsider too much high-fiving over Waze (via Pando Daily)

By Sarah Lacy On July 5, 2013 Earlier this week our wonderful contributor from Israel, Mick Weinstein, wrote a story about a new fund launching and he lead with this: While the Israeli startup community basks in the glow of Waze’s recent $1.1 billion…

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New Israeli fund Aleph steps into the Series A crunch with big feet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New Israeli fund Aleph steps into the Series A crunch with big feet (via Pando Daily)

By Mick Weinstein On July 3, 2013 While the Israeli startup community basks in the glow of Waze’s recent $1.1 billion sale to Google, most of the discussion has focused on how Waze validates Israel’s effort to create hugely valuable, globally scaled…

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