Considering the fact that only 3 percent of the water on earth is fresh water, and that more than half of that is in the form of inaccessible glaciers, it becomes clear just what an essential service Israeli water filtration leader Amiad provides to the world.

Two years after launching, PhotoMania is one of the more popular app on Facebook. The brainchild of three Israeli entrepreneurs offers 400 different artistic filters for photos, and has recently passed the 35 million users mark.