A former hi-tech entrepreneur living in Israel, I write interview-driven articles about people and their companies, and a bit about life in Israel too
VascoDe brings smart-phone capabilities to simple cell phones ...
Israeli startup carves out a niche selling software to give online app access to billions of people in places where smartphones are unaffordable.
Voicemail for video | ISRAEL21c
Supermodel Noa Tishby helps launch new Israel-based startup, Minit, for bare-bones video sharing via smartphone.
Say 'Hola' to faster Internet | ISRAEL21c
Program from Israeli startup can get you to your requested page faster, even if it’s a site that is blocked in your country.
Telecommuting no more at Comverse (and Yahoo)
Thoughts on telecommuting after Yahoo CEO's dismissal of the practice.
The Israeli who can predict the future | ISRAEL21c
She has a PhD and a black belt, but where Kira Radinsky is really making her mark is in Microsoft disaster-prediction software.
Your secret is safe with IBM Haifa | ISRAEL21c
The information privacy and security unit at IBM Research in Israel is devising new ways to keep your data confidential.
The nose that can smell cancer goes commercial | ISRAEL21c
Israeli professor’s revolutionary disease-detection device is on the road to changing how early, and how easily, lung cancer is diagnosed.
Total Boox totally rethinks e-reading | ISRAEL21c
Need books for a desert island? Take them all, and pay only for what you read with this new Israeli app.
Abe's Market: natural, organic, and founded in Israel | ISRAEL21c
‘I’ve never gotten so many emails with smiley face emoticons as I get since I started Abe’s Market,’ says co-founder Jon Polin.
App steers you to parking spots | ISRAEL21c
New Israeli app lets you turn to the crowd for inside information on parking spaces about to open up in the big city.
A spellchecker on speed | ISRAEL21c
‘Want going out in Friday?’ Make sure you’ve typed it right with high flying new Israeli software.