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SimpliVT, led by Diligent entrepreneur, raises $9.2m

As reported in IVC, Doron Kempel sold his previous start-up, Diligent Technologies, to IBM for a reported $170 million. Two and a half years after selling his start-up Diligent Technologies to IBM, Doron Kempel led his current venture SimpliVT in raising $9.2 million. The company reported the funding to the US Securities and Exchange Commission […]

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eyeSight Introduces World’s First Mobile Phone Music Player Controlled by Hand Gesture

As reported in IVC, The ‘Moove’ MP3 player, which is available only for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic device, has been downloaded from Nokia’s Ovi Store by more than half a million users in less than four months eyeSight Mobile Technologies, a developer of Hand Gesture Interface solutions for mobile phones and consumer electronics devices, today […]

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Global Competitiveness Report: Israel improves to 24th ranking

As published in Port2Port: Israel improved ranking in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011, moving to 24 place compared to 27 place last year The 31st edition of The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011 published last week by the World Economic Forum, ahead of  the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2010 in Tianjin, […]

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Industrial output grew 14% during September 2009-September 2010

As published in Port2Port: Two-thirds of the growth was achieved by high-tech industries, whose output rose 20% in the September 2009-September 2010 period The Manufacturers Association of Israel announced last week on the eve of the Jewish New Year, that Industrial output rose by 14% during the 12 months period ; September 2009-September 2010, after […]

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CBS: Israel’s economy to grow 4.1% in 2010

As published in Port2Port: The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) predicted last week that Israel’s GDP should grow by 4.1% in 2010. The CBS issued the prediction ahead of the Jewish New Year, in its latest publication of “Selected Data from the New Israel Statistical Abstract No. 61 – 2010”. The CBS predicts that exports, […]

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China chooses Lextran for pollution reduction

As reported by IVC The company will install its innovative technology at a power station in the Bejing region. China has chosen an Israeli solution to reduce the pollution to the environment caused by its coal burning power stations. Sources inform “Globes” that Lextran Ltd. will install its innovative technology at a power station in […]

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Intel’s new “Sandy Bridge” chip was developed in Haifa

As reported by IVC The new microprocessor will be available in early 2011. At the Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco yesterday, Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) revealed details about its new chip known as “Sandy Bridge.” The microprocessor, which was developed at Intel Israel Ltd.’s Haifa R&D Center, will enter production at the end of […]

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Google Instant based on Israeli development

As reported by IVC The new search engine feature finds results while you type search terms. Faster, more efficient. Last week, search giant Google launched Instant, a new feature that seeks to change the search habits of hundreds of millions of users and to improve the way we find the information we are looking for. […]

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Akin to a Nobel Win

As reported in Israel 21C: Prof. Elon Lindenstrauss of the Einstein Institute of Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has become the first Israeli to receive the Fields Medal. Regarded as the equivalent of a Nobel Prize in mathematics, the award was bestowed on Lindenstrauss and three others by Indian President Shrimati Pratibha Devisingh Patil […]

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Israel’s Technion Ranked 38th Among World’s Top Tech Universities

Technion leads almost all European engineering-technology universities in the rankings  According to Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s annual rankings, The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, was ranked 38th among the world’s top universities in technology in 2010, advancing two spots since 2009.  Among the main criteria determining the rankings are the number and quality of […]