Category Archives: mobile

Occupy the App Store!!

As developers grow increasingly desperate for monetization, Amazon (which runs its own app store in 200 countries) identified success factors of the Top 50 applications.

Special: The 56 Israeli Companies Exhibiting in Mobile World Congress 2011

Israeli startups in the mobile space are once again showing impressive attendance levels, with 56 Israeli companies exhibiting in the Israeli Pavilion at the 2011 Mobile World Congress [MWC]. For the third consecutive year, VC Cafe puts the spotlight on the Israeli startups presenting at the event.

EyeSight Will Not Be The Wii For Mobile Games

Mobile gaming started long before the iPhone (remember ‘snake’?) with revenues of over $5 billion in 2008. I recently came across an Israeli start up called EyeSight, which is trying to grab a slice of the pie by offering touchless control interfaces based on the phone’s built-in camera. EyeSight developed great technology, but it may be too …

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GSMA 2009 Wrap-Up: Winners and Losers

The World Mobile Congress 2009 wrapped up in Barcelona this week. Despite the relatively low expectations given the world economic recession, GSMA 2009 set the tone for an exciting year in mobile developments. Israeli start ups: Despite a terrible location in the basement, Israeli start ups had a strong showing with more than 46 companies in attendance. …

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Mobixell Networks Got $6 More Million To Put Ads On You Cell Phone

 Israel and California based Mobixell Networks has announced a $6 million fourth funding round led by Apax Partners, Intel Capital (who also participated in the previous round), and Munich-based SMAC Partners which represents the Venture Capital arm of Siemens corp. Including this last round, Mobixell has raised $29 million to date. The company plans to allocate the …

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Sponsor Love: AdMob Introduces Mobile Analytics

AdMob, the largest mobile phone advertising platform (and a proud sponsor of VC Cafe) has just launched AdMob Mobile Analytics, offering an easy way for advertisers to track their mobile impressions. The service is given for free and it’s currently in beta. AdMob Mobile Analytics is designed to help mobile site owners make decisions based …

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Israeli Startup Vollee Brings Second Life to the Mobile Screen

Israel-based Vollee Ltd, the world’s first 3G Mobile Gaming Solution, said it will bring San Francisco-based virtual world platform Second Life to 3G handsets via its streaming mobile games service. According to Vollee, its Second Life mobile service will work for both existing users and those trying out Second Life for the first time through …

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Bitesize Monday: 8 Israeli Internet startup headlines for the week of 02.11.08 | VC Cafe

Last week’s top story was with no doubt Microsoft’s bid to acquire Yahoo. The plot was full of twists and drama, saved only to”Jurassic Park” style M&A deals like this one. Israel didn’t stand still last week, so I’ve gathered the most interesting startup and venture capital headlines of the week in my bitesize format. …

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Science Fiction? ClassifEye’s Biometric Authentication for Cell Phones

If you’re familiar with the latest James Bond movies, this product will sound as if it came out of the MI6 laboratories. As the mobile phone converges with our email, address book, password manager, photo album and countless more services, it is becoming a lucrative identity theft target. Various companies developed fingerprint and voice authentication …

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Oberon Media’s "Showdown"

In all poker games, if more than one player remains after the last betting round, remaining players expose and compare their hands to determine the winner or winners. This is called the showdown. Oberon Media, a leading casual gaming solution provider, held the cards tight this year after buying UK based I-Play, a mobile gaming …

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