Why is Israel ending its cellphone surveillance and who said Israel’s technology is a ‘gift to the world’?

CTech Daily Roundup: Moovit’s CEO explains why there’s more to its new public transport payment scheme than meets the eye

CTech 22:1517.12.20

Moovit’s CEO explains why there’s more to its new public transport payment scheme than meets the eye. After two exits in one year, Nir Erez talks about what keeps him motivated and his vision for the future of transportation. Read more

 

Armis Security: We survived Covid-19 because of our culture. Joining CTech as part of its HR Post-Covid series, Yael Koch Warschawski shares how Armis Security’s organizational culture kept the company afloat during Covid-19. Read more
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Israel is ending its cellphone surveillance to track Covid-19 next month. The method has faced challenges in courts and parliament because of privacy concerns and questions about its efficacy. Read more

 

Kenshoo to acquire Signals Analytics to help brands in ‘the era of digital acceleration’. The intelligence platform will help brands make smarter and faster decisions by connecting insights with performance. Read more

 

Ecoppia's robots to clean one million solar energy panels in India in multi-million deal. Israeli company lands 450MW project that is set to go live in the first quarter of 2021. Read more

 

Ride-hailing service Gett partners with smart-911 service Carbyne for safer journeys. With the collaboration, users will have access to video, chat, and location services with Israel’s United Hatzalah. Read more

 

Iguazio signs strategic agreement with Sheba Medical Center for real-time Covid-19 treatment. The data science platform will be facilitating Sheba’s transformation using AI to help predict and mitigate Covid-19. Read more

 

Israel’s technology is a ‘gift to the world’, says Nikki Haley amid recent Arab peace agreements. Haley made the comments speaking with former Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, at DiploTech 2020. Read more

 

Round B | “Occasionally Bill Gates and Warren Buffett got it right.” Shaul Olmert, though he hates to admit it, has learned something from the world’s top entrepreneurs. Read more