3 Israel-related technology news briefs from the week of March 16, 2008

March 24, 2008 by Lisa Damast
Filed under: Company Briefs

Symwave Appoints Yossi Cohen, a Senior Broadcom Veteran, as President and CEO
Seasoned executive, Yossi Cohen, was appointed President and CEO of fabless semiconductor solutions provider, Symwave, Inc. The company primarily supplies high-performance
analog/mixed signal semiconductor solutions for the PC, consumer and
mobile devices.

According to the news release,

“As the first semiconductor company to implement novel CDR and
PLL techniques into standard interface consumer products, the company is
able to deliver unprecedented speed and power levels in targeted
applications within rapidly growing industries such as consumer
electronics and mobile devices.”

PicApp Gives Bloggers Access to High-End Copyrighted Images, Free of Charge; Beta Now Open to All Online Publishers
PicScout, a technology enabled service to improve the businesses of both visual assets owners and users, has launched PicApp, a new service that

“gives bloggers and other online publishers access to
copyrighted news and creative images free to use alongside their
editorial content.”

The copyrighted images are licensed from Getty Images, Corbis and other image agencies and will be updated daily. A “non-intrusive” ad will replace the traditional license fees that these web sites usually receive for the use of their images.

Internet analysis start-up Amadesa raises $5.4m
Globes reported that Amadesa Inc., an Internet analysis start-up has raised $5.4 million in its first financing round from Carmel Ventures. According to the article, Amadesa’s technology

“provides dynamic content display (via onsite
behavioral targeting), product recommendations, shopping cart, and
billing form optimization, lead generation data collection
optimization, and A/B and multivariate testing capabilities designed to
deliver greater returns on marketing dollars spent acquiring website
traffic.”

The company currently offers both a managed service and self-service solutions.

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