During the week of October 19, 2008, startups in Israel and abroad continued to be warned to cut costs and be careful. Better Place (formerly known as Project Better Place) inked a deal with Australia and Israel’s Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was rumored to abandon her efforts to build a new coalition government that would lead to her become Israel’s next prime minister. For links to these stories in full and the rest of the 16 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of October 19, 2008, check below.
Cleantech
1. Better Place to charge up Australia
2. Sunday Solar to power Israeli kibbutzim
3. While we wait for plug-in hybrids, electric cars bridge the gap
4. Funding becoming harder to get for green startups
Economy
5. Harris: Start-ups adapting to lean times
6. Not a merry Christmas ahead
7. Venture Capital Financing Slows Amid Economic Downturn
Information Technology
8. Tufin Technologies Adds Support for Fortinet With Release of SecureTrack 4.4
9. Contrust cleans up the social media mess
10. XMPie Releases One-to-One Print Marketing Solution
11. GlobalLogic Enters Israeli Software Product Development Market With Acquisition of InterObject
12. Oracle’s new acquisition includes Israeli R&D center
Miscellaneous
13. Minnesota eyes Israel markets
14. Explaining Israel’s high-tech success: Another view
15. Israeli Party Leader to Move for Elections
16. “Within ten years, everything will be cellular”
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