Rising Popularity Of Online Casinos
Casinos have been in existence for centuries. The recent past has seen the world and every aspect of life affected by technological advancements, and casinos were not left behind. The advent of...
View ArticleThe new startup position that can help you avoid venture funding startup capital
Embed from Getty Images Ask anyone who has been there: the task of chasing around investors looking for funding for your startup is an arduous task. Rather than build product or community or that pilot...
View ArticleCell phones and our kids
The school year has started and I’ve noticed that a number of kids in my daughter’s Grade 3 class have come to school with smartphones. This is a Waldorf School where we shun technology, preferring...
View ArticleIsrael starts public electric bus transportation system in Holland!
Embed from Getty Images I have a special place in my heart for Holland, because my dad was born there. Look at my name. I also have a special fondness for electric buses. And Israel. Any transportation...
View ArticleRenting a car that goes electric? Maybe only in Dubai
Embed from Getty Images We just came back from a few weeks in Sicily where we had to rent a car to get around. Forget about buses or even electric buses (now rolling out of Amsterdam thanks to Egged)....
View ArticleWhy Israelis are so good at vegan
Embed from Getty Images Israel is a vegan’s paradise. For those not educated from Whole Foods, the preschool or from yoga class, veganism is the practice of not eating any animal-derived product. This...
View ArticleSolar panels for energy in Israel
Embed from Getty Images People from Canada freak out when I say that pretty much every day in Israel is a beach day. It’s so hot and sunny here most of the year. Even in the winter it can be like a...
View ArticleBad customer service hurts the economy and environment
Scenario last time I called the customer service of PayPal, or was it Apple, my bank? or the phone company I used in Canada last time I was there? You know what –– We have all been there before:...
View ArticleCreating inner peace – the only way to get rich quick
I often use myself as a test case for the average person. And even I almost fell for a Nigerian-like money laundering scam (or in my case possibly a kidnapping scam) – which wasn’t as elaborate as the...
View ArticleStartup Nation or Nimble Nation?
I worked in media and communications in Israel for more than 20 years. During that time I worked in real news, but also for service journalism sites, and for one contract where we wrote for the...
View ArticleFrom Jaffa to Sicily, not a big jump
It was going to be a holiday of a lifetime and it was. It took me a few weeks to make the arrangement, complete with a few intense days of negotiations and deciding on our destination through our home...
View ArticleNew Hebrew U research offers hope for liver cancer treatment
A liver cancer diagnosis is a terrible one, because you can’t use chemo to treat it. There is not a lot of treatments to help you. My dad died from liver cancer a year ago. I am crossing my fingers...
View ArticleBlockchain, butter and cannabis: Israel needs help sorting out priorities
Blockchain promises to create opportunities in farming, shopping local, even in distributing rights and royalties to data owners. In cities like Jaffa residents have been enjoying big discounts on...
View ArticleHome ideas your bones can stand on
Israel. It’s a strange place. Every year around this time it starts to rain heavily. Every year around this time the women put on boots, everyone is wearing sweaters (although tourists from Canada and...
View ArticleGlobal business opportunities in Israel, according to Pedro David Espinoza
The reality of climate change is stark. It is pushing people to poverty –– look at what’s happening in Yemen right now and what we’ve seen in Syria for the last decade. It’s not only despots that cause...
View ArticleHell happened when electric bikes and mopeds took over Jaffa
Risk your life by walking on the streets of Jaffa. That’s how I feel when I walk out the front gate of our home. The plague of inexperienced scooter drivers has hit the city. Until not long ago most of...
View ArticleCards and apps, making our lives (and planet) more efficient
My yoga center just announced that I need to download an app before I start a yoga class – every single time.. Drat. I hate using apps that I don’t need. I prefer to not use too many apps and to keep...
View ArticleBalena has a whale of an idea for fast fashion
It’s a whale of an idea. A biodegradable plastic that returns to the earth with a little bit of help. Stella McCartney runway models… start your engines. A new biodegradable plastic is about to hit the...
View ArticleIsrael’s uneven impact in the cultivated meat market
Israel is the global hotspot for alternative meat technology. The country’s growing population and limited farmable land, and climate change-induced water shortages have motivated Israeli companies to...
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