CTech's Tuesday Roundup of Israeli Tech News
In Israel, tech companies take a greater piece of the workforce pie; New mobile app lets Tel Avivians munch on restaurant leftovers
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In Israel, tech companies take a greater piece of the workforce pie. Tech employees accounted for 8.7% of the national workforce in 2018, up from 8.3% the year before, according to new report. Read more
Women in the Israeli tech scene. Photo: Orel Cohen
New mobile app lets Tel Avivians munch on restaurant leftovers. SpareEat lets consumers buy fresh leftover dishes from restaurants, hotels, cafes, and supermarkets, that would otherwise get thrown out. Read more
Women in the Israeli tech scene. Photo: Orel Cohen Israel launches a tech integration program for Haredi students. Amounting to 11% of Israel’s population, the number of Haredi Jews employed in high-paying jobs is relatively low. Read more
Update: Playtika confirms acquisition of Finnish game publisher seriously. Seriously is known for its game Best Fiends, which has been played by more than 900,000,000 people, according to the company. Read more
Israel's National Library, Facebook share photos of Israeli schoolchildren through the years. The library partnered with Facebook Israel for the venture, calling on people to tag themselves and their family members in around 1,000 school photos from the 1950s onward. Read more
Israel's public service outperforms private sector when it comes to the gender gap. Government employees in Israel saw their wages increase by 21% over the last decade, compared with an 11% increase in the private market. Read more
New York-based firm FfVC backs construction site marking drone startup Civdrone. Civdorne develops a device that can be mounted on commercially available drones for land surveying and marking on construction sites. Read more
Fantasy network CEO physically attacks board member, takes leave of absence. Israel-based Fantasy Network sold its fantasy sports division to employees in October 2017, essentially becoming a shelf company; it has since then pivoted to medical cannabis. Read more
Biobeat receives FDA greenlight for blood pressure monitoring wristband. Israel-based Biobeat develops sensing and remote monitoring products with the aim of improving the quality of medical care both in-hospital and at the patient’s home. Read more
Israeli health logistics company Novolog acquires appointment booking company Odoro Global. The deal will be carried out through Novolog subsidiary Infomed, which operates a digital platform offering medical information and services to 1 million monthly users. Read more
