Technology

Is Jerusalem the next Silicon Valley? CNN Clip

August 14, 2012, category: Finance, General, Investment, Start-ups, Technology

Is Jerusalem the next Silicon Valley? CNN ClipCNN’s Elise Labott spoke with entrepreneur and investor Erel Margalit, head of Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), a leading Israeli venture capital firm with over $900 million

Wired Magazine crowns Tel Aviv #2 tech start-up city in the world, and lists hottest companies

August 12, 2012, category: Investment, Start-ups, Technology

Wired Magazine has crowned Tel Aviv the world’s second largest center for technology start-ups after Silicon Valley, Haaretz.com reported. As part of a special feature for its September issue the science and

LifeWatch launches world’s first medical smartphone

July 10, 2012, category: Technology

What if you could know your heart rate, temperature, and more…through your cell phone? Israeli medical monitor developer LifeWatch AG has launched the world’s first medical smartphone, for Android-powered devices. The

Louvre and British Telecom choose Israeli security

July 3, 2012, category: Technology

Israel has long been recognized as a leader in security technology. Now Israeli security companies have been chosen by the Louvre and by British Telecom. YnetNews reported that Synel, an Israeli

on{X}: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Android. Courtesy of… Microsoft Israel?

June 6, 2012, category: Start-ups, Technology

Look at your Android phone! Now back at this post! Imagine you could program your Android to text your wife when you left work. Now imagine your Android reminding you in the

Richard Branson brings Israeli water filtering technology to UK

June 1, 2012, category: Technology, Water

Richard Branson and Ofra Strass have just introduced Virgin Pure, a counter-top “water bar” for the home for the UK market. The product is based on Strauss‘s “Tami 4″

ITA Committee meeting

May 21, 2012, category: General, Technology, WTO

After the conclusion of the symposium, we continued with the ITA Committee meeting. At the outset, the Chairman had a brief recount of the symposium, where he stated the

ITA 15th anniversary symposium

May 21, 2012, category: General, Technology, WTO

Last week we had an ITA intensive schedule. The week began with a Symposium celebrating the 15th anniversary of the ITA. At the opening session, Pascal Lamy

ABB and Emerald Technology Ventures invest in TaKaDu

April 2, 2012, category: Cleantech, Start-ups, Technology, Water

The well-regarded tech blog, Gigaom reported today that the Swiss power giant ABB just made an investment in an Israeli water data startup called TaKaDu. TaKaDu sells water utilities

GE plans further investments in Israel, cites Israel as “best country for innovation”

March 15, 2012, category: Cleantech, General, Technology

General Electric will continue to invest in Israeli health care and cleantech and search for new opportunities in software and other areas, the Jerusalem Post reports after interviewing GE senior vice