Month: April 2021

Roman Abramovich Kills New Soccer Super League He took his Chelsea club out of the new league before it even started. Chelsea Fans Protest Team’s Move (YouTube Pic) Jewish billionaire Roman Abramovich may have just singlehandedly felled the new European soccer super league before it ever even got off the ground. He decided that his […]

Microsoft to Open New Israel Data Center in Early 2022 The company will spend more than $1 billion in Israel. Microsoft SFT new campus- Amit Geron Microsoft has announced that its new Israeli data center will open in 2022. The center is currently under construction in the town of Modiin which is located about halfway […]

Jeff Weiner, executive chairman of LinkedIn funds Israeli startup Loris.AI Loris has developed a system that helps customer service agents provide an adequate response instead of bots that may estrange customers Jeff Weiner/ Wikipedia. Photo source: TechCrunch on Flickr  Jeff Weiner, executive chairman of LinkedIn, funds the startup company Loris.AI as part of a $5.1 million […]

Taboola Beats Q1 Expectations Ahead of Planned IPO It brought in more than $300 million. Taboola, the Israeli web content recommendation company, had a better than expected first quarter for 2021. Taboola reported revenues of $300 million to $303 million, versus the prior projection of just $286 million. Hopefully this is a sign that the […]

Israeli Digital Insurance Company Lemonade Expanding Into Car Insurance It began in the real estate insurance field. Lemonade Car Insurance (compony Twitter post) Lemonade is an Israeli digital insurance company powered by artificial intelligence and behavioral economics. Until now it has concentrated in the real estate / home owner’s field of insurance. But that is […]

Canadian ZoomerMedia will broadcast ILTV’s news Israel Daily Canadian Jewish media tycoon Moses Znaimer, owner of five television channels and two radio stations will broadcast news from Israel. ZoomerMedia Photo via PR Israeli independent online News Channel ILTV and the Canadian television corporation ZoomerMedia (ZML) have signed a two-year cooperation agreement. As part of the […]

Facebook Adds New Audio Services It is also adding a podcast service. Like all companies, Facebook must expand its services or be relegated to history along with other one time monster internet successes like Yahoo and America On Line. This is why it acquired Instagram and WhatsApp early on. This is why it continues to […]

Jstay: The Jewish Travel App It was founded by Sholli Kestecher, the JBN entrepreneur of the month. Sholli Kestecher (Official profile pic) Jstay wants to be the Jewish AirBNB. Founded in October 2019, it is the brainchild of British immigrant to Israel Sholli Kestecher. The new service offers a free app for Jewish travelers to […]