Samsung invested in 8 Israeli start-ups in 2014
Samsung Electronics President: Israel is second only to Silicon Valley in total Samsung investment. Samsung has become a massive investor in Israeli start-ups over the past year. Samsung Electronics President More...
Public transport app co Moovit raises $50 million
The financing round led by Nokia Growth Partners will enable the Israeli company to expand its worldwide community. Public transport app company Moovit today announced that it has closed $50 million More...
Former Blackberry CEO Thorsten Heins to Head Israeli Wireless Charging Powermat
The shareholders of Israeli wireless charging company Powermat have appointed former Blackberry CEO Thorsten Heins as the company’s CEO and chairman of the board in place of outgoing founder and CEO Ran More...
30 seconds Battery charging co StoreDot raises $32 million
– StoreDot has developed a battery charger that can recharge a smartphone in 30 seconds. – Israeli start-up StoreDot announced today that it has raised $32 million in an investment led by More...
Waze 3.9 to Add Available Parking Feature
Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) Israeli unit Waze has updated its navigation app to version 3.9 for iPhone and Android users (not Windows phone, yet). The new version marks the direction that the company is working More...
Israel sustained cyber-attacks in Gaza operation
– Defense Minister: Every advanced state that has enemies must know how to defend itself in the cyber-arena. – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dedicated Tel Aviv University’s Blavatnik More...
Bally Technologies acquires Israeli Mobile social gaming DragonPlay for $100 million
– The company’s casino-style games are designed for Android, iPhone, and Facebook platforms. – – Mobile social gaming company DragonPlay Ltd. has been acquired by Bally Technologies More...
breakthrough in nanocoatings : Nano Z-Tech coatings protect fabric, metal and glass
– – Nano Z-Tech Ltd. is working on a new breakthrough in nanocoatings, using technology that protects fabrics, from couch covers to jeans, from spills. The technology prevents More...
Qualcomm to acquire Wilocity for $300 million
– The Caesarea-based company is developing high-speed 60-Gigahertz multi-gigabit wireless. – – Sources inform ”Globes” that Qualcomm Corporation (Nasdaq: QCOM) will acquire high-speed More...
Samsung in talks to buy Israeli ShopCloud for $90 million
– The indoor retail navigation company has developed unique smartphone sensors. Samsung is in talks to acquire indoor retail and shopping navigation company ShopCloud. According to a report in the technology More...