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

Tracx and BriefCam wrap up successful funding rounds while StartApp is breathing down Google's neck as the No. 2 search portal on Android.

By Maya Epstein | Mar 15, 2013 | 06:25 PM

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

Comverse takes a cue from Yahoo, says no work from home; SingTel makes a new home in Israel; Google finds most Israeli apps make pennies.

By Orr Hirschauge | Mar 8, 2013 | 08:14 AM

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

The industry sector that Check Point developed has emerged from the doldrums and is once more alive with investment activities and opportunities.

By Orr Hirschauge | Feb 27, 2013 | 07:16 PM

Tech roundup / Israeli cooking app at core of Apple ad campaign

Wix leads the way back to Wall Street; Intel Israel doubles exports; Taboola raises $15 million; Bezeq's free Cloud.

By Orr Hirschauge | Feb 24, 2013 | 09:57 PM

Tech Roundup / Israeli public transport app takes a bite out of the Big Apple

Israeli funds were stingier in 2012; Israeli start-ups to get coached in Boston; Carmel ventures ranked most active fund in Israel; MVP raised $110 million in capital.

By Maya Epstein | Feb 15, 2013 | 10:19 AM

Tech roundup / Celebrity look-alike week boosts MyHeritage

Samsung looks for the next big start-up; Ravello raises big money; GE continues new year job diet at healthcare division; demand for programmers drops.

By Orr Hirschauge | Feb 8, 2013 | 07:32 AM

The purple bell pepper, Israeli R&D at its finest.

Tech roundup / Israel's R&D centers say Lapid is good for business

IntuCell is making a nearly half-billion-dollar exit via Cisco, TowerJazz is negotiating the purchase of Mircon's Kiryat Gat plant and SintecMedia is buying another company.

By Orr Hirschauge | Jan 25, 2013 | 10:01 AM

A new study shows that Haredi high-tech employees are being paid less.

Tech roundup / Haredi high-tech wages below Israeli average

High-tech firms see a drop in fundraising in 2012, Nice Systems and Verint Systems are rumored to be mulling a merger and SAP Israel gets a new CEO.

By Maya Epstein | Jan 19, 2013 | 10:36 AM

Tech Roundup / Exits go sour in the land of milk and honey

False start on Apple talks to buy Waze; survey shows pay gap for Haredi workers at HP Indigo; government ministry plans to build a 'Start-up Nation' visitors center.

By Inbal Orpaz | Jan 11, 2013 | 09:22 AM

Tech roundup / What happens in Vegas? Israeli firms to find out

Twenty Israeli companies head to CES; more rumors about Apple and Waze; start-up Cloudyn in talks to secure $4 million in funding; KitLocate wins innovation award.

By Amitai Ziv | Jan 4, 2013 | 09:23 AM

Tech Roundup / Israeli apps make Apple's 'Best of 2012' list

Citywide wifi coming to Tel Aviv; wealthy Jews have more access to technology than poor Arabs, study finds.

By Inbal Orpaz | Dec 28, 2012 | 10:17 AM | 2

The inauguration of Google's new offices in Tel Aviv.

Tech roundup / Google incubates in Israel, expats thrive abroad

Israelis said to start the sixth most companies in the U.S., software, security and robot-app brands bring in big bucks and a gambling website inks a deal with Facebook.

By Maya Epstein | Dec 14, 2012 | 10:08 AM

Objet CEO David Reis next to one of his company’s printers.

Tech roundup / Printing 3D cash for shareholders

Indigo digital printing has a growth spurt; buying and selling over the weekend in high-tech; former IBM chief keeps it in the family.

By Orr Hirschauge | Dec 9, 2012 | 09:11 AM

Start-up of the Week

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

By Inbal Orpaz | 09:48 AM | 2

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

By Amitai Ziv | 09:51 AM | 2

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

By Inbal Orpaz | 09:25 AM

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

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