Israel

This is big news for the Israeli tech scene. Apple is set to open up a research and development centre in the country.According to Israeli business publication Globes, the centre will be based in the city of Ra'anana and will be staffed by 100-150 former Texas Instruments employees. The ...

It looks like there may well be something to this collaborative mapping lark after all. Social mapping and traffic tool Waze says it hit the 34-million user mark last year and expects to double that this year.The Israeli-based company briefly posted a blog announcing the news. It's unclear what ...

A pro-Palestinian group calling itself the Z Company Hacking Crew (ZHC) has claimed responsibility for a widespread hack of a number of social accounts held by Israel's Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom. The group has managed to gain access to Shalom's Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, YouTube, Picasa, LinkedIn and Gmail accounts ...

Isreal's strikes on Palestine have provoked mass hacks on the country's government websites.According to Reuters, some 44-million hacking attempts have been made on Israeli government sites since it began airstrikes in Palestine last week.So far, says Israeli finance minister, only one hacking attempt was really successful, taking a ...

Over the past six months I have spoken with a wide variety of people who have shown, in varying degrees, interest in investing in my company. Many of these VCs have specific ways that they conduct a call, interview or meeting. Many of them have lead me down long and ...

Apple has finalised an acquisition deal for Israeli flash memory maker Anobit. The deal was widely reported by Israeli news services and is thought to be worth around US$400-million."The deal was closed on Friday and yesterday the company's staff were notified," business daily The Marker reported."Anobit has developed flash ...

Websites for the Israeli military and intelligence services were down on Sunday, the start of the Israeli work-week. The outage followed hacktvist group Anonymous joining calls against the interception of aid flotillas bound for Gaza with a warning video, all which Israel ignored.The office of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Natenyahu ...

Startup Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle is a must read for entrepreneurs and policy markers alike. This incredible book details how the country's 5 000 startups have driven the once emerging market to a leading position in a number of fields.In the emerging markets context, though, Brazil is ...

The events of September 11 2001 reverberated around the world. They affected everyone, American and non-American alike. It was to be expected, therefore, that various forms of social media would be flooded with memorials and remembrances as people marked the tenth anniversary of the fateful attacks.The National September 11 Memorial ...

Silicon Valley is the world’s success story in an unprecedented age of technological advancement – not to mention the rapid wealth that has come with it. But is Silicon Valley a success that can be replicated, even partially?Memeburn has checked out the state of similar concepts around emerging ...