Author: Rabbi Jason Miller
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Bill Gates on Israeli Tech Innovation
Reposted from Start Up Israel by David Shamah: In a rare public comment on the value of MS Israel’s work in helping make the company what it is, Gates said that Israeli developments tech areas like analytics and security were “improving the world.” This year marked the eighth Think Next event, where MS shows off…
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Israeli Ministries to Phase Out Fax Machines
From The Times of Israel: A ministerial committee was expected to approve on Sunday a decision allowing Israelis to submit documents to government departments via email and other digital media, such as cellphone apps. The initiative is meant to bring an end to government offices’ ubiquitous reliance on fax machines, as well as the need…
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Israeli Device Saving American Lives in Afghanistan
From David Shamah at The Times of Israel: When American troops are injured in the field, the first piece of life-saving medical equipment they may come into contact with nowadays is an Israeli-invented mini-sized manual ventilator. And not just American soldiers on the battlefield; the Pocket BVM has been used to treat thousands of people…
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Hillel Fuld in TechCrunch: Despite Unrest the Israeli Tech Ecosystem is Growing
From TechCrunch: Over the past few months, violence has once again scarred Israel and the Palestinian Territories, yet despite the violence and the losses on both sides of the conflict, technology companies in the region are flourishing. Israeli rounds of financing, both into Israeli companies and from local investors are on the rise. Several Israeli VCs…
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Jimmy Carter’s Cancer Cured By Israeli Breakthrough Drug
By Raoul Wootliff and the AP in the Times of Israel Researched in Israel by Professor Jacob Schachter of the Ella Institute for melanoma treatment and research at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, Keytruda is part of a promising new class of drugs called immunotherapies, which harness the body’s immune system to help fight…
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Insights from sFBI’s Natalie Edward during Content Israel 2015 Conference
By Alan Weinkrantz Due to travel, I missed the Content Israel 2015 Conference, I really wanted to attend. If you are a startup, or for that matter, any company or organization looking at your content strategies for 2016, there’s a lot you can learn from sFBI’s Natalie Edwards. Natalie is Marketing Director for sFBI, a…
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Robots and Drones Get the Gift of Israeli Machine Sight
By David Shamah in The Times of Israel Robots that move around and do the heavy lifting, drones that drop off stuff you ordered on-line an hour before, self-driving cars, even self-driven vacuum cleaners that don’t bump into the furniture – it’s all part of the big technology revolution that 3D vision is on the…
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8 Great Jewish Apps for 8 Nights of Hanukkah
Let’s make Hanukkah a chai-tech holiday and list 8 great mobile apps for the Members of the Tribe. From the silly to the practical, here are 8 apps you’ll want if you’re a Jew in the Digital Age: 1) BETA MIDRASH (Download from Google Play for Android) BetaMidrash is revolutionizing the mobile Torah learning experience with one…