TechNation: Israelis Are the World’s Top Social Media Users
Tmura collected $502,000 from exits in 2018 ■ Tel Aviv the No. 18 tech city ■ Healthy.io raises $18m
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Opinion Nokia Revisited? The Dark Side of Israel Having 'Intel Inside'
The giant U.S. company has become as a major factor in Israeli high-tech and this week it presence looks to be getting bigger still. That’s not all good news
Analysis Debunking the 'Startup Nation' Myth: How Israel's Economy Cut Itself Off From the World
Despite its flashy image, Israel is a superpower of mediocrity and inefficiency, with a resulting 23-percent plunge in international trade during the last decade
Israel May Be Lauded as 'Startup Nation,' but Its Innovation Ends at Tel Aviv's Limits
Israeli innovation doesn’t reach most Israelis as a product or service – or as a job, report finds
Israeli Startups Raised Record Capital in 2018 Amid Gathering Clouds for Global Tech
Companies took in $6.47 billion last year, IVC Research says. This marks the sixth consecutive year of growth amid a U.S.-China trade war that Israel finds itself caught in the middle of
TechNation: Here Mobility Releases Ride-sharing App Made in Israel
Also, a new fund is letting high-tech employees sell options
Startup Nation? Israel’s Electioneering Law Is 60 Years Old
Social networks are not subject to the country's antiquated electioneering law, allowing for early campaigning online
The Israeli Startup That Wants to Make Shopping Carts Smarter
Equipped with cameras and artificial intelligence, Tracxpoint is creating a high-tech cart that knows what you’ve put in it, adds up the bill and saves you a wait at check-out
Volkswagen 'Readies to Write Off' $300m Investment in Israeli Ride-hailing Service Gett
Spiegel cites sources saying Volkswagen had already written down the value of its Gett holding to just 16 million euros ($18.3 million). Volkswagen declined to comment
Opinion The Myth of the Brainy Israeli
Nobel Prizes and Startup Nation notwithstanding, the average Israeli has a pretty poor set of basic skills. The tech sector is starting to feel the absence
No Israelis Left to Work in Tech?
A report released by the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies shows that many Israelis don't have the skills required to work in the tech industry. Arabs and ultra-Orthodox are the two main groups lacking proper education to fill jobs
TechNation: Israeli Cybersecurity Startup Coronet Enters Partnership With DropBox
California-based Vitec Group buys Israeli startup Amimon for $55 million ■ WeChat Pay coming to Israel, when the technology is available
No Longer Just Innovation, Israeli Tech Moves Up a Step
Study finds buyers of startups increasingly seeking new markets or financial gains, a sign of a maturing industry
Opinion Why I Refused to Install a Baby Monitor in My Daughter’s Bedroom
People who are monitored start to behave and think differently – and no one knows it better than Israelis
‘We Must Learn to Fail’: Germany’s Largest Scientific Research Institute Comes to Israel
The president of the Helmholtz Association tells Haaretz why his people are opening an office in the Startup Nation
Brain Drain From Startup Nation Increasing, Especially Among Best Educated in High-tech
The phenomenon is particularly prevalent in the fields of computer science, engineering and math, even with people who completed only a bachelor’s degree
How a High-tech Company Conquered Israel’s Travel Insurance Market
Five years ago an Israeli startup named PassportCard roared onto the local scene, and has since become Israel’s largest travel insurance company, with some 40% of the market
TechNation: Forter Secures $50 Million for E-commerce Fraud Detection Technology
MeMed raises $70 million from Chinese, Israeli investors for medical diagnostics tech ■ Source Defense nabs $10 million for blocking website supply-chain attacks
Opinion The True Danger Israel Faces as the Startup Nation Is Imploding
Technology is what has made Israel a major world power but the industry that makes it all possible is no longer growing
Multinationals Open More Than 20 R&D Centers a Year in Israel
Multinational corporations operate 344 research and development centers in Israel
U.K.'s Sky Company to Invest $4 Million in Israeli Venture Capital Fund
The investment is part of Sky's, Europe's biggest pay-TV group, plan to increase ties with tech start-ups in Europe and the Middle East
Israeli Government Breaks Off Microsoft Contract Talks
A manager from the Finance Ministry claims the company no longer meets the 'needs of the government' and renewing their contract will 'lead to an increase of tens of millions of shekels in government spending'
Under the Looming Threat of BDS, Israel’s High-tech Sector Is Bridging the Arab-Jewish Divide
It’s harder to boycott technology than academia; either way, Tech2Peace and similar academies hope to apply the tech mindset to peace-making
Go Tech, Old Man: The Startup World Doesn’t Belong to the Young Alone
Rising life expectancy is leading older entrepreneurs to try to work in their own profitable business rather than answer to a young boss
Analysis Is Trump Using Netanyahu and Israel as Soldiers in His Trade War With China?
One of the president’s goals is to ensure that the Chinese don’t overtake the U.S. lead in technology — and he may insist that Startup Nation do its part
The Israeli Economy in 2060: Not in Bad Shape at All
An OECD study sees growth exceeding the developed world’s average, living standards getting closer to America’s
Analysis Is This the End of Israeli Venture Capital (And Maybe the Startup Nation) as We Know It?
Veteran VC funds are closing, executives are being replaced or looking for work, and U.S. funds might be readying to abandon Israel altogether. The whole model may be broken
Palestinian High-tech Workers Plugging Shortage of Israeli Tech Staff
'For the price of one Israeli engineer, an [Israeli] company can hire three Palestinians in the West Bank, and they have very high motivation'
The Next Waze or Mobileye? Israeli Startups That Might Conquer the World This Year
Nearly 12% of the companies on Gartner’s Cool Vendors list are Israeli, putting the blue and white in second place behind the United States
For $250, You Can Get in on the Ground Floor of an Israeli Tech Startup
Crowdfunding in Israel got a recent push when rules were eased for would-be entrepreneurs