BIRD to invest $7.5 million in 9 new US-Israel projects
The Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation recently approved $7.5 million in funding for nine new projects between American and Israeli companies. The projects also More...
Dell’s A Lean, Mean Product and Marketing Machine
So far, so good since Dell’s privatization over a year ago. The move to take the leading PC maker private created a lot of criticism of founder and CEO Michael Dell, but the move has been a win-win More...
Natan Fund Unveils Newest ROI Entrepreneurs Grant Recipients
A digital Shmita project, Israel’s version of the radio show “This American Life, ” a global initiative promoting tourism to Jewish communities and a foundation supporting IDF soldiers who served in More...
Helsinki Researchers’ Search Engine Outperforms Google
Researchers at the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT have developed a new search engine that outperforms current ones, and helps people to do searches more efficiently. The SciNet search engine More...
Mobli Media and Takehollywood Partner on Video Content
Mobli Media, an Israeli mobile social networks, photo and video-sharing platform, has cut a deal with Takehollywood, the first online learning platform for aspiring actors and entertainers, to bring More...
Amazon Aiming to Top Google, Microsoft at Enterprise Game
For those who are not thrilled by the corporate email and digital calendar offerings from Microsoft and Google, Amazon is getting into the game with its own service, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. Amazon’s More...
ironSource’s Upopa Studio Launches New Game Mutation Mash
Israel’s ironSource, which offers a wordlwide digital delivery platform, announced the launch of Mutation Mash, the latest game from the Upopa Studio and the first to be released since they were acquired More...
New UK Holocaust Memorial to Be Established in London
British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced plans for a new national Shoah memorial and a cutting-edge learning center that will “transform the way Holocaust education is delivered” as part of a $76 million More...
Blocking of Turkish Pages Shows Facebook ‘Disingenuous’ on Free Speech, Report Says
Only two weeks after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a strongly worded #JeSuisCharlie statement on the importance of free speech, Facebook has agreed to censor images of the prophet Muhammad in Turkey, More...
Carl Icahn Jockeying to Induce Wholesale Changes at Gannett
Gannett Co., the largest U.S. newspaper chain, finds itself facing a proxy fight with activist investor Carl Icahn as it deals with plans to split its broadcasting and publishing businesses into separate More...