Israel and Britain signed a cooperation agreement in the field of cinema last week, following 10 years of intense negotiations. According to the agreement, Israel will become a favorite filming location for British films, and production companies will receive financial …
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OurCrowd raises over $12m. for its startups
Crowdfunding platform OurCrowd closes new round for Jeff Pulver’s startup Zula, pushing total raised by fund to over $12m. in its first seven months.
Israel, US in joint medical-military R&D
The IDF Medical Corps and the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command held a joint seminar in Israel last week aimed at coordinating R&D efforts in new military-medical fields. Possible joint projects include freeze-dry blood technology for battlefield transfusions …
TA Tech Tour goes live on US campuses
Eight Israeli start-ups, one Palestinian start-up, two weeks, ten campuses in the US – that’s the recipe for the Tel Aviv Tech Tour, 2010. From November 8 through 21 they’ll be in New York, Connecticut, Boston, Michigan, San Francisco, Palo …
Tel Aviv named world’s third top city
Lonely Planet this week named Tel Aviv third in a list of the world’s best cities, praising Israel’s leisure, entertainment and cultural center on the coast for its art and music scenes and relaxed, liberal culture.New York won first place …
More evidence for LAN-cancer link
A new study from the Center for Interdisciplinary Chronobiological Research at Israel’s University of Haifa has found an additional link between Light At Night (LAN) and cancer.This research joins a series of earlier studies carried out at the University of …
Top Gear TV car show filming in Israel
Israelis are ready to start their engines. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May – presenters of the Emmy-award-winning BBC TV series Top Gear about motor vehicles were seen crossing into Israel from Jordan on used roadsters in mid-October. The …
Israelis to aid cholera victims in Haiti
The Israel Forum for International Humanitarian Aid (IsraAID) is sending a team to Haiti today, despite the current cholera outbreak. At last count, more than 420 Haitians were infected and 284 had died. Aid workers are scrambling to contain the …
European business leaders in Tel Aviv
European business leaders and senior trade and industry representatives from 40 countries gathered in Tel Aviv this week, and today are being addressed by Israel’s Minister of Industry and Trade, Benyamin Ben-Eliezer, and Israel’s Chief Scientist Dr. Eli Opper at …
Israel No.2 in social network use
Israel is No. 2 in the world in social network use, with the average time spent on social networks per user reportedly 9.2 hours a month, according to Internet marketing research company ComScore.ComScore reports that Russian Internet users are the …
Israeli voted among top game-changers
Israeli educational executive Shai Reshef was awarded the twelfth spot in a poll answered by three million readers of popular American news blog site Huffington Post as one of the Ultimate 12 Game Changers. ‘Game changers’ were defined as people …