Tweet During the past week, IBM Israel and the Government of Lithuania announced a research partnership between the two that will include nanotechnology, cleantech and more. HP and IBM are vying to acquire Israel’s Radware, while it was revealed that Russian president Dmitry Medvedev is studying Israel’s hi-tech industry and the factors contributing to its […]
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Tweet In the past week, it was revealed that Israel’s economy is expected to grow 4.1% in 2010 and that exports increased. Siemens is looking to invest in Israeli companies and Google unveiled Google Instant, enabling search results to appear instantly as users type out their search. For these stories and more, see this week’s […]
Tweet During the week of August 29, 2010, water monitoring TaKaDu was named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer 2011, along with Foursquare and SecondMarket among others. OpTier will likely go public in 2011 and PrimeSense’s contribution to Kinect is just the beginning of motion- and voice-sensing technology in the home. For these stories and […]
Tweet During the week of August 8, 2010, it was revealed that SupersonicAds, an internet company that has developed a virtual goods monetization platform, has raised $2 million. The round was led by former Skype CEO Michael van Swaaij. Qoof launched a platform-independent video advertising app and OpTier launched the first educational business transaction management […]
Tweet During the week of July 25, 2010, web security firm Commtouch acquired Authentium’s antivirus unit. The sale is likely to be the first of several Commtouch will make in the upcoming months and next few years. Israel’s VoIP site ooVoo is gaining ground on rival and market leader Skype and issues Israel’s government and […]
Tweet During the week of July 18, 2010, Amdocs and AT&T launched a new development center. Israeli scientists claim that they can increase computer memory capabilities using protein from poplar trees and the Jerusalem Post implemented SemantiNet’s Headup application on its website. The app lets visitors discover new content and enables the Jerusalem Post to […]
Tweet During the week of July 11, 2010, Fring, a mobile VoIP network that lets users make video calls over 3G and other things, unveiled its new app for the iPhone 4 and set off a heated debate with Skype. Motorized bicycling is taking off in Israel and Conduit is continuing to report big numbers. […]
Tweet During the week of July 4, 2010, Venrock, the venture capital arm of the Rockefeller family, raised $350 million. The Silicon Valley-based fund has invested in several Israeli companies over the years including Check Point, Bhive Ltd., P-cube, and Imperva. IBM Israel and the EU will be partnering open source and cloud technologies to […]
Tweet During the past week, Emblaze announced that it is ending its production and marketing of the First Else. First Else was intended to be the first Linux-based smartphone device offered by wireless carriers but Emblaze couldn’t find a partner that met its demands. Meanwhile, IDB invested NIS 8 million in the Jewish-Arab incubator NGT […]
