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Start-up of the Week

LogDog: The startup that alerts you to hacker attacks in real time

Almost one in four online accounts get hacked, and anti-viruses tell you after the event. LogDog tells you it's happening NOW.

By Amitai Ziv | Dec 17, 2014 | 09:01 PM

Soldiers cleaning their ears with bullets inspire new Israeli startup
By Inbal Orpaz
Moovit: The app that knows when the next bus is coming
By Inbal Orpaz
Story of Yo: The app about nothing and everything
By Avshalom Halutz | 1

Moovit knows when the next bus is coming.

Moovit: The app that knows when the next bus is coming

Tired of chasing buses and watching them disappear? Or discovering, too late, that there are delays due to obstacles in the road? Then Moovit is the app for you.

By Inbal Orpaz | Dec 11, 2014 | 10:50 AM

Want to make DIY animated presentations? PowToon is here to help

Make your own animated presentation, without training and for free, to grab the attention of the distracted masses.

By Ethan Freedman | Nov 30, 2014 | 08:00 AM

Think you're awesome? GetYou will tell you if the world agrees

Brace for some naked truth, born in a bomb shelter in Tel Aviv: This new social networking app by this Israeli startup gives you instant feedback.

By Shoshana Kordova | Nov 27, 2014 | 09:53 AM

Model of the Otic medical foam inside the outer ear canal, which it clearly fills up nicely.

Soldiers cleaning their ears with bullets inspire new Israeli startup

One day a doctor noticed that Israeli soldiers had a lot of ear infections – and he found an innovative solution for them.

By Inbal Orpaz | Nov 13, 2014 | 06:45 PM

VoiceItt, a startup for the speech-impaired (illustration by Ayala Tal)

Voiceitt, the Israeli startup that speaks for those who cannot

Voice-recognition systems rely on standard speech. This system is being developed for people with speech impediments.

By Amitai Ziv | Oct 6, 2014 | 05:50 PM

A model checks her phone at London Fashion Week, September 2014.

Made to measure: SimilarWeb looks to become the Nielsen of the mobile world

Tel Aviv-based startup tracks Internet and mobile use in more than 200 countries, offering site traffic rankings in top 55 Web countries.

By Reuters | Oct 3, 2014 | 02:20 PM

The startup that auto-dubs movies

Most viewers can't stand subtitles but dubbing is an expensive luxury and takes ages. This startup says it can be done in minutes, at low cost.

By Amitai Ziv , Ruth Schuster | Oct 1, 2014 | 01:50 PM

Superfish, the Israeli startup that will find you the perfect pet

Or the ultimate couch. Forget texting, visual search is the future, professes Adi Pinchas

By Amitai Ziv | Sep 2, 2014 | 03:43 PM

Stage 1: Measure your blood glucose level using the Dario device.

LabStyle: Turning your smartphone into a smart glucose monitor

This Israeli startup's invention can help diabetics see how every peach you eat and weight you lift affects glucose levels.

By Inbal Orpaz , Ruth Schuster | Aug 21, 2014 | 04:18 AM

Personal Social Assistive Robot as imagined by Abracadabra Robotics.

Abracadabra Robotics: Not-cute robots to help stroke patients

Rehab for impaired stroke victims costs a fortune. Solution: A smart bot impressive enough to make you move

By Inbal Orpaz | Aug 18, 2014 | 09:49 AM

An anti-bull running protest in Pamplona, May 7, 2014.

Lingua.ly, the startup that helps you learn languages

Through a personalized dictionary and reading choices for your level, this Israeli startup can help you learn, including by phone.

By Amitai Ziv | Aug 6, 2014 | 12:02 PM

Fixico, your computer’s very own IT guy

Hate those upgrade warnings and afraid of viruses? An Israeli company’s program will clean your computer.

By Amitai Ziv | Aug 3, 2014 | 05:30 AM

Business

Tourists run for cover as air raid sirens, warning of incoming rockets, sound in Tel Aviv, 2014

Despite Gaza war, visitor numbers to Israel fell only 1% in 2014

By Zohar Blumenkrantz | 03:30 AM

Pri Galil plant still closed in ministry dispute

By Haim Bior | 01:24 AM

IDB board approves capital injection as two main shareholders bicker

By Michael Rochvarger | 10:52 PM

Tech roundup

TechNation / Cellcom launches TV service

By Amitai Ziv , Inbal Orpaz , Amir Teig | 03:07 AM

Tech Nation || Super-fast Internet to hit Tel Aviv, Ra'anana

By Moti Bassok , Yoram Gabison , Amir Teig , TheMarker | 04:37 AM

TechNation - TV trumps war in Google searches

By Nati Tucker , Inbal Orpaz , Ronit Domke | 04:22 AM

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

A Portuguese pyramid collapses: Banco Espirito Santo (Reuters)

It’s time to get down and dirty for social justice

By Guy Rolnik | 03:09 PM

Netanyahu vows to free economy of regulation and bureaucracy

By Ora Coren | 08:43 PM

Reduced customs won’t lower dairy prices, industry sources say

By Ora Coren | 08:33 PM

Real Estate

Building green costs more and takes patience

By Israel Fisher | 05:07 AM

Red tape, tax breaks behind 53-percent jump in home prices

By Raz Smolsky | 12:23 AM

Getting Mark Zuckerberg to buy a Tel Aviv penthouse

By Oren Majar , Raz Smolsky | 03:54 AM