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Corporate Funds Are Taking Over Israel's Startup Scene

19.06.19|Hagar Ravet
Israel has seen a record $7.5 billion invested in startups in 2018. Unlike previous years, corporate venture arms played a role in almost half of the year’s deals
יוסי מטיאס פרופסור מנכל ב גוגל ישראל

From Crisis Response to Accessibility Tools: Some Recent Developments From Google’s Israel R&D Center

19.05.19|Omer Kabir
“There is nothing new about solving problems with tech, but AI can help us accomplish things that were just science fiction until now,” Yossi Matias, head of Google’s research and development center in Israel, said at a press conference Wednesday
מטה גוגל תל אביב אלפבית

From Pooptech to Traveltech, Google Announces Startups Selected for its Tel Aviv Accelerator

12.05.19|CTech
Throughout the four-month program, startup executives will meet with experts from Google to receive training and support for scaling up and expanding to global markets
אביגדור וילנץ מנכ"ל אנפורנה

Avigdor Willenz Is Looking for Entrepreneurs to Do Battle Against Amazon, Apple, and Google

02.05.19|Meir Orbach
The Israeli tech entrepreneur sold his chip development company Annapurna Labs to Amazon in 2015 for $370 million
סלולארי אפליקציה ווייז וויז waze

Waze Partners With WPP to Offer En Route Ads to Drivers

21.02.19|CTech
As part of the partnerships, Waze users will receive en route messaging directing them to nearby retail locations
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Google Cloud to Acquire Data Management Company Alooma

20.02.19|Lilach Baumer
Tel Aviv-based Alooma offers a platform that lets companies stream and migrate their organizational data from multiple locations and sources into one single location
ווייז WAZE

Waze’s Obvious, Yet Acute Epiphany

26.12.18|Adi Pick and Meir Orbach
The company’s peer-to-peer carpooling service, Waze Carpool, launched as a pilot in July 2015 in Israel. In October, Waze expanded the service to all 50 U.S. states
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Whatsapp Used for Child Pornography, Online Safety Company Warns

20.12.18|Meir Orbach and Adi Pick
Israel-based AntiToxin has identified more than 1300 videos and photographs of minors involved in sexual acts on WhatsApp groups
אורית שילה

As Part of Startup Residency Program, Google Leases New Tel Aviv Building

29.10.18|Meir Orbach
The company announced the program last week for its six global startup campuses, located in Tel Aviv, London, Madrid, São Paulo, Seoul, and Warsaw
מנהל חיפוש גוגל אודי מנבר

Google's Former Head of Search Udi Manber Joins Insurer Anthem, Report Says

25.10.18|Omer Kabir
According to a Wednesday CNBC report, Manber will join the health insurance company as its head its artificial intelligence business
משרדי גוגל ניו יורק מרפסת

Google Launches Startup Residency Program

24.10.18|Adi Pick
Participating startups will get a workspace for up to 6 months at a Google for Startups Campus in one of six locations—London, Madrid, São Paulo, Seoul, Tel Aviv or Warsaw
יוסי מטיאס פרופסור מנכל ב גוגל ישראל

Google’s Go Can Now Read Web Content Out Loud, Thanks to New AI Technology

29.08.18|CTech
The technology powering Google’s lightweight search app was partially developed at the company’s Israel research and development center
מטה חברת באידו בייג'ינג סין Baidu

Baidu's Reputation Problem in China Gives Google a Chance

26.08.18|Ofir Dor
Baidu may be the unchallenged market leader in China, but users in the country believe the search engine to be overly commercialized and ethically challenged
וואן פלוס 5 סמארטפון OnePlus 5

Waze Unavailable on OnePlus Devices After Latest Update

22.08.18|Nitsan Saddan
Alphabet-owned Waze owned up to the slip-up on Twitter, saying it is working to fix the issue and release a new update
עמית קרפ קרן בסמר Bessemer Venture Partners

Salesforce's Acquisition of Datorama Is More Important than Google Acquiring Waze

20.07.18|Amit Karp
Increasingly, Israel’s strong suit is not consumer-facing startups like Waze but SaaS companies like Datorama
עופר וילנסקי מנכ"ל הולה

A Hacker Hijacked Hola’s VPN Chrome Extension, Targeting Cryptocoin Owners

11.07.18|Lilach Baumer
The phishing version uploaded to the Chrome Web Store targeted users of popular crypto wallet service MyEtherWallet
יעל שפריר Playbuzz

The Newsroom Is Finally Facing a Revolution

17.06.18|Yael Shafrir
Forget about tape recorders and moral questions—the newsroom, and journalism as you know it, is about to change
טלפון סלולרי תוכנת ריגול מובייל משפטיפ

The Real Reason Apple and Google Want You to Use Your Phone Less

07.06.18|Nir Eyal
It may seem against their interests, but Apple and Google know that helping users reduce their smartphone usage is good for their businesses
אנודות Anodot עירא כהן דוד דריי שי לנג

Waze to Integrate Business Analytics Technology by Israeli Anodot

05.06.18|Hagar Ravet
Anodot provides artificial intelligence-based data analytics to ecommerce, retail, internet and mobile enterprises
העימותים ו מהומות ב הפגנות ב רצועת עזה גדר

CTech’s Monday Roundup of Israeli Tech News

14.05.18|CTech
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt to visit Israel. U.S. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin discusses tax reform with Israeli counterpart. Report says Israel’s life sciences industry is dominated by small scale startups