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Start-up of the Week

Startup of the week / Helping the world speak English loud and clear

English has become a global language and Israeli startup SpeakingPal is helping the world pronounce it correctly.

By Inbal Orpaz | Mar 10, 2013 | 09:48 AM | 2

Start-up of the week / A video service that fits the bill
By Amitai Ziv
Start-up of the week / Speeding along the mobile information highway
By Inbal Orpaz | 1
Start-up of the week / Keeping tabs on your apps
By Amitai Ziv | 2

Start-up of the week / Keeping tabs on your apps

Gryphonet launches AppRight, which monitors and reports problems with an app's behavior; the firm also announced a strategic partnership with Deutsche Telekom.

By Amitai Ziv | Feb 26, 2013 | 09:51 AM | 2

Start-up of the week / Speeding along the mobile information highway

Think of your cellular network as a multi-lane highway with a variety of vehicles. Israeli start-up Vasona keeps the traffic flowing.

By Inbal Orpaz | Feb 24, 2013 | 09:25 AM

Start-up of the week / Where the homeland security and telecom industries meet

More than ever, government agencies are relying on mass notification systems like eVigilo to alert the public to emergencies.

By Amitai Ziv | Feb 14, 2013 | 05:58 PM

Start-up of the week / A video service that fits the bill

SundaySky transforms getting a monthly bill from a head-scratching experience into an easy-to-understand video.

By Amitai Ziv | Feb 11, 2013 | 09:44 AM

Start-up of the week / A TV genie to grant all your viewing wishes

Forget fruitless channel surfing: the Israeli start-up Jinni serves up a list of film and TV recommendations to match your mood.

By Inbal Orpaz | Feb 4, 2013 | 09:15 AM

Start-up of the week / Getting users to buy the doggie in the window

Pluralis helps improve the conversion rate of landing pages – those pages where Web users perform an activity, such as shopping or providing contact info.

By Inbal Orpaz | Jan 25, 2013 | 11:06 AM

Start-up of the week / A new player in web-traffic analysis

The young Israeli company is getting into the web-traffic analysis game, using data collected from the tens of millions of Internet users who have downloaded its add-ons.

By Orr Hirschauge | Jan 23, 2013 | 10:12 AM

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks on the phone with Israeli voters

Start-up of the week / Automated phone translation

Lexifone wants to make you an instant polyglot with its automated telephone translation service.

By Amitai Ziv | Jan 18, 2013 | 04:01 PM

Startup of the week / FixMeUp with Mr. or Ms. Right

Israeli start-up aims to do for online dating what LinkedIn did for business contacts. Did you know you're a Simple Cupid in the making?

By Maya Epstein | Jan 6, 2013 | 11:00 AM

Startup of the week / Medivizor, your personal medical consultant

Staying abreast of the latest developments regarding one's disease and finding reliable information is difficult. This startup does the legwork for you.

By Inbal Orpaz | Jan 1, 2013 | 08:21 AM

Start-up of the week / The poor man’s BlackBerry

If being away from email sends you into a panic, the start-up Emoze, which provides push email services for any mobile device, has your number.

By Amitai Ziv | Dec 21, 2012 | 01:08 PM

Israeli start-up makes big data bite-sized

Companies can drown in the volume of data they have to manage these days. SiSense helps them stay afloat and make sense of it all.

By Inbal Orpaz | Dec 17, 2012 | 07:01 PM

Business

Bioline pulled drug trial, stock tumbled 50% Wednesday

By Yoram Gabison | 09:54 AM

Passover shopping appears sluggish, as Israelis wait til last minute

By Adi Dovrat-Meseritz | 06:51 AM

U.S. accounts for quarter of Israel's exports, with 7% increase expected this year

By Ora Coren | 03:53 AM

Tech roundup

Tech roundup / Plarium gaming company scores a Top 20 Facebook hit

By Maya Epstein | 06:25 PM

Tech roundup / From Tel Aviv to Times Square, mapping Israeli start-ups in the Big Apple

By Orr Hirschauge | 08:14 AM

Tech roundup / Hackers inspire investors: a boon for Israeli cyber security companies

By Orr Hirschauge | 07:16 PM

Israel 2021

Social-justice protests aren’t dead, they've gone online

By Inbal Orpaz | 08:47 AM

Teaching a man to fish isn't enough

By Asher Schechter | 08:47 AM

And they all came tumbling down

By Guy Rolnik | 01:48 AM

Concentration in Business

An El Al airplane soars through the sky.

Can Israel have an open-skies revolution and a better El-Al too?

By Guy Rolnik | 12:25 PM

New management, wage deal at El Al could transform company

By Eytan Avriel | 05:25 PM

Big Business swarms for Israeli start-ups, but has the interest peaked?

By Ido Efrati | 02:45 PM

Real Estate

Israel to build 150,000 rental units over next decade

By Ranit Nahum-Halevy | 09:51 AM

Giant Herzliya beach real estate plan approved after 23 years on drawing board

By Nimrod Bousso | 01:19 PM

Fewer investors buying apartments in Tel Aviv, study shows

By Nimrod Bousso | 05:53 PM