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Israeli Consumers Prefer ONLINE Media
In a survey released this week by Google and BCG, among the 11 countries surveyed, Israelis ascribed the most value to their online media. The value that Israeli consumers attach to online media suggests that business models will need to rapidly adapt to this new environment.
2012 – The Year in Apps
Nearly 100,000 new developers created applications this year for the App Store, which rakes in 4x more revenue than Google Play. With the number of App Store applications now topping 1 million, application discovery platform Appsfire has released a fascinating end of year infographic about the App Store.
Waze Raises $30M to Expand into China
Waze, the social GPS and traffic app, has raised a fresh $30 million from Li Ka-shing's Horizon Ventures, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers' iFund and Digital Growth Fund. This brings their total funding to over $57 million. Waze is headquartered in Israel but has another main office in Palo Alto.
Persay Voice Recognition Biomteritcs Grabs 2.4 NIS from Teuza
TheMarker reports that voice recognition startup PerSay has raised one million NIS from the Israeli government fund Teuza.…
Navi2Go: The Ultimate Killer Navigation Application?
As the phone converges into a GPS device, people are putting away their TomTom devices and simply installing…
The First iPhone Music Instrument: Ocarina
Smule, the people that invented the Sonic lighter application for the iPhone, step it up a notch with…
Boxee, My6Sense and Didiom: What about compatibility?
I was very impressed with each of these three Israeli startups when I got the invitation to test…
Made In Israel: Kosher iPhone Apps
Apple recently opened its first store in Israel, but for some bizarre reason, the iPhone is not available…