OurielOhayon

GoogleRola

Google just announced they bought Motorola (mobility. That i know of this is the first non software company they re buying

If this was April, i would have believed it's a fake. The news does not resonate right me. I don't see the fit between both corporation with such different cultures.

The only thing i can think of is that Google wanted to react to the fact they could not get the Nortel patents and that the hardware is less of an interest to them. 

But was that a good reason? What will be the price google pays now vs all other manufacturers using android? Android will remain open with a but lock on their door.

This means a radical change in the DNA of the company which is not a hardware company. at all.

Israel in Crisis? tip#2 -> get the landlords to calm down

One thing that keep coming back in the conversation i have with people in Israel: renting something is becoming a nightmare. 

not just because of the current rental prices and scarcity of quality apartments but because of the abusive power of landlords

The current regulation is giving total power to the landlords and nearly no power to the renter. I have been renting places in many countries in the world. Israel is the worse when it comes to protecting the renter against abusive practices. 

Live examples

1. A landlord can raise the rent of his apartment according to what he wants. no limits. even if you are already renting a place. You may end up paying 20/30/40% more year over year. No cap. no limit.  This end up in yearly fights (i am sure you know the drill...) when it comes to renew the rental contract.
2. A landlord can ask for any kind of guarantee for his apartment: 6 months, 12 months rent. Double guarantee with deposit, bank deposit...which not only cost money but block a huge amount of money in your bank account.

i could add a long list (related to the responsibility of each and how a contract should be enforced when not respected by the landlord)

you obviously can negotiate and no one is forcing you to accept. but guess what? if you don't accept this someone else will, because landlords know they can expect this. they have the power.

There is no problem in raising the rental price, or asking for guarantees. The problem is in the abuse.

This is why in many countries this is regulated by law. So you, as a renter, don't have to worry about being abused.

Rental price should not be raised more than x% a year and a guarantee should not be more than 3 months rental deposite (refunded the day you leave, not whenever the landlord want)

The government can do something about this IMMEDIATELY and this well help hundreds of thousands of people in israel immediately. Specially students and young employees.

Israel in Crisis? tip #1

Deep breaht. Relax

this is what i received this am in my mail box. 3 printed letters from my bank. 3 in 1 day! and i can't stop counting. i must be receiving something like 20 letters or more. that i don t even have the time to read or open.

This just drives me nuts.

The banking system in Israel is prehistorical. Israelis are in the street and complain to their government about how expensive their live is becoming. The problem is that private Israeli corporations are very often unproductive and inefficient at management and cost control. This is a typical example. Can you imagine the waste of money thrown into mail and this is just one chapter.

Ok. Let's complain to the government. but let's complain also to our banks that have insanely high commission rates. They can be cut very efficiently by killing paper and allowing customers to receive update electronically. Cost cutting will drive lower commissions (or should) and should impact every day how much less we pay to our banks.

Tip #1 let's pay less bank commissions. let's kill paper

Tip#2 is on the way