An Israeli entrepreneur’s FreshBiz board game is being played all over the world by budding business executives seeking to sharpen their skills.
Technology
Pango puts you in a parking spot in NYC
The Israeli app takes the headaches out of finding a place to put your car in the Big Apple and other US cities, with more to come.
Have a safe flight, thanks to Israel’s XSight
Runway debris costs about $14 billion in damages yearly. That’s why the FAA likes an Israeli system to detect birds and metal fragments 24/7.
Apple gets the Word
You may be able to ditch your laptop, now that Israel’s CloudOn is bringing the full functionality of Microsoft Office to the iPad.
Social marketing gets personal
What good are a million ‘Likes’ if they don’t translate to sales? New Israeli startup’s ‘engagement triggers’ individualize offers to each fan or follower.
IBM Israel reinvents shopping
An app developed at IBM Research in Haifa will bring all the personalized advantages of online shopping to the in-store experience.
Have an invention? Meet an investor in Israel
Israel’s first-ever Patents Exhibition in August will bring together international inventors with investors, patent attorneys and engineers.
US hockey, basketball players train with Israeli software
ACE Intelligym took a concept from the airfield to the playing field, showing how sports players benefit from brain training just as pilots do.
If you build it (on Facebook), they will come
MyWebees takes your existing website and transforms it into a Facebook business page to generate better traffic.
Turning sound into sight for the blind
Israeli brain scientists have developed special devices to activate the visual cortex with data coming in from existing senses.
‘Financial seismograph’ detects early signs of global crisis
Israeli and German academics show how an understanding of the physics of finance could avert the next world economic meltdown.