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David Meyer Feb 24, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Claimed Stuxnet link

“Ex-Mossad” group threatened South Africa cyberattack, leaks show

South Africa was threatened with a serious cyberattack from people claiming to be ex-Mossad hackers, according to documents included in the “spy…

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Technology, Work & Collaboration
Kevin Fitchard Jan 14, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Crowdsourcing your way to work

Moovit, the Waze of public transit, rakes in another $50M

The meteoric rise of Waze was a huge success story for the Israeli tech scene, and the country is now aiming to…

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Europe, Mobile, Technology, Work & Collaboration
Kevin Fitchard Nov 20, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Telefónica is putting its mobile networks to bed for the night

Telefónica has tapped Israeli networking startup eVolution to help it manage the power consumption of its mobile networks in Latin America.…

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Europe, Mobile, Science & Energy, Technology
David Meyer Sep 22, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Intel’s $6B Israeli fab upgrade gets government approval, probably paving way for 10nm move

Intel will make the largest-ever investment by a foreign firm in Israel, in exchange for tax concessions and a government grant. The purpose, reportedly, is to build manufacturing capacity for next-generation chips.…

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Europe, Technology
Janko Roettgers Jul 11, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Yahoo makes it official, buys streaming tech startup RayV

Yahoo just made another online video purchase, acquiring the streaming video tech company RayV.…

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Media
David Meyer Jun 17, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Behavioral fraud detection firm BioCatch takes in $10M investment

The Israeli startup examines precisely how people use the banking and e-commerce sites it is protecting, in order to spot when something is out of the ordinary.…

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Europe, Technology
David Meyer Mar 18, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Yandex buys Tel Aviv’s KitLocate for low-power location service technology

The deal gives Yandex an office in Israel that will handle much of its geolocation work that doesn't require constant mobile tracking.…

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Europe, Mobile, Technology
David Meyer Mar 11, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Labstyle ships app-connected Dario for diabetics, claiming it to be the most pocket-friendly glucose meter

The Dario, which will work with both iPhones and Android devices, is launching in New Zealand first, then in Australia, Italy and the U.K.…

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Europe, Mobile, Technology
Janko Roettgers Dec 11, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Rdio brings its Spotify competitor to 20 more countries

Rdio launched its music subscription service in 20 additional countries late Monday, bringing the total number of countries Rdio is available in…

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Europe, Media, Video
David Meyer Aug 15, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

IBM beefs up fraud prevention portfolio by buying Israel’s Trusteer

The buy, financial terms for which remain a mystery, should strengthen IBM's security portfolio in the areas of security-as-a-service, web fraud and mobile security. IBM will also establish a cybersecurity research lab in Israel.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Europe, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Jul 1, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Israel’s Altair gets another $25M to build its LTE superchips

Altair has now racked up nearly $100 million. The company is trying to become the LTE specialist creating a pure 4G chip for the tablet and connected gadget market.…

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Mobile, Technology
David Meyer Jun 12, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Idomoo picks up $9M to tailor marketing videos to specific customers

This is what happens when people get fat broadband connections -- marketers see the opportunity to turn static custom offers and billing statements into "personalized" videos.…

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Europe, Technology
Mathew Ingram Jun 11, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Google confirms it is acquiring Waze to add real-time social data to its maps

After months of rumors that speculated the company was the target of an acquisition by either Facebook or Google, social-mapping provider Waze is set to be snapped up by Google and added to the web giant's map service.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Mobile, Technology
Mathew Ingram May 9, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Losing its way: Why Google would be stupid to let Facebook acquire Waze

News reports out of Israel say Facebook is in talks to acquire traffic-information service Waze for as much as $1 billion, but Google will be making a big mistake if it doesn't try to top that offer.…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Feb 20, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

The “LTE-Advanced” silicon keeps coming: Altair has a new super-chip

Altair Semiconductor may be the latest vendor to malign the term LTE-Advanced, but it does have an impressive new 4G chip. It's new device silicon is the first we've seen that uses envelope tracking battery-sparing technology.…

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Cleantech, Mobile, Science & Energy, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Jan 30, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Sprint looks to Israeli startups for the next wave of LTE innovation

Israeli mobile networking startups are on a hot streak right now. Sprint wants to tap into that talent pool so it's launching a new LTE acceleration lab project in Tel Aviv.…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Jan 23, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Cisco buying Intucell for $475M to build self-aware networks

In just two years, Israeli infrastructure startup Intucell has gone from a $6 million Series A to a nearly half-billion-dollar acquisition.…

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Mobile, Technology
Mathew Ingram Nov 29, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Why the NYT is wrong to put a social-media muzzle on its journalists

After critics accused its new Jerusalem bureau chief of making inappropriate comments about the Middle East on Twitter and Facebook, the New York Times has appointed a senior editor review her posts -- but this robs social media of the power it has when used for journalism.…

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Media, Technology
Mathew Ingram Nov 19, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

How social media is rewriting the rules of modern warfare

In the past, information flow during a military campaign was mostly controlled by the armies involved, but now that everyone has the ability to publish and distribute data including photos and videos, it changes the nature of attacks like the latest Israeli campaign against Hamas.…

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Media, Technology
Mathew Ingram Nov 15, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Israel and Twitter: Where does free speech end and violence begin?

Israel is waging war on Hamas, but it is also waging an information war using Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other tools. How firmly do these networks support the principle of free speech, and how do they decide what content to permit and what to remove?…

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Media, Technology
Mathew Ingram Nov 14, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

When armies become media: Israel live-blogs and tweets an attack on Hamas

How does it change the way we perceive a war when the armies involved become media entities -- publishing their own live news reports, uploading photos and videos and even live-tweeting their attacks as they happen? The Israeli army has started doing just that.…

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Media, Technology
Robert Andrews Oct 15, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Tvinci raises $4.5 million to pitch its mobile TV platform worldwide

As TV and telco operators mull their mobile and tablet options, another software vendor is hoping to get their attention, funding itself for a larger worldwide push.…

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Media
Janko Roettgers Sep 24, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Stevie brings MTV-style social video curation to the iPad

The videos your contacts are sharing on Facebook, combined with the latest tweets and reminders for your friends' birthdays, all on one screen: Video curation app Stevie puts a whole lot of information on one screen without feeling too busy.…

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Apple, Media, Technology, Video
David Meyer Sep 19, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog

MyHeritage automates record-matching as genealogy wars heat up

The Israel-based firm has set up a server farm to automatically match its social family trees with billions of historical records ranging from newspaper articles to tombstone images, and will offer its users free snippets of the matches it's found.…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Europe, Technology

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