UK’s Times Online reports about the non-orthodox attempt of Israel’s Shin Bet, the country’s secret service, to shake off its rough image by debuting a blog, written by four anonymous members of the organization. The service hopes to increase recruiting…
Tech Confidential has an interesting post about Sequoia’s latest investments. According to the article, VC giant Sequoia Capital recently added four new companies to its portfolio –all headquartered outside the U.S. One of these companies is an Israeli startup called…
The word Optimization has been abused in the past couple of years: it can be applied to speed, scalability, SEM and revenue. The latter is where Israeli startup Amadesa Inc excels, describing itself as “provider of website revenue optimization and…
Another Israel/California based startup makes the headlines: Fixya, a site dedicated to help customers troubleshoot electronic devices, has just announced a series B funding of $6 million led by Mayfield Fund, and Pitango Venture Capital. FixYa is a user generated…
Israel/California based Gizmoz, a veteran startup developing animated talking 3D avatars, had two major achievements yesterday. Gizmoz announced a pretty significant cash injection in a round B series and also integrated its avatars into AOL’s Instant Messanger (AIM), catering to…
How many times did you find yourself scrolling to the 2nd and 3rd result pages on a search engine, because most of the results were irrelevant to what you were looking for? If your answer is “often”, you’re not alone.…
It used to be that the only way to measure oxygen saturation was to take a blood sample from an artery and analyze it in a lab, or to insert electrodes through the skull. The FDA, however, has just provided…
Phagolum Ltd. is developing a diagnostic toolkit to detect sepsis, the leading cause of death in non-coronary ICU patients and the tenth most common cause of death overall. According to medical literature, “sepsis is characterized by a whole-body inflammatory state…
Pando Networks, provider of peer-assisted content delivery services, has raised a $8.12 million second round of financing, from undisclosed backers (as reported by PE Hub). The investment falls short of Pando’s initial plan to raise $21 million (see Globes’ article). A prior round of approximately…
Lisa Bennett, Director of Public Relations & Marketing of Israel’s Kaltura.com, the first open source platform for video creation, management and collaboration, sent me the following announcement: Wikia and Kaltura Partner to Add Collaborative Video Capabilities to Wikia Communities…
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