Israel

Samsung Says Not Involved in Israeli Ad That Has Iran Upset

Ina Fried in Media on February 6 at 4:37 pm PT

The Korean electronics firm says it had no part in an ad done by an Israeli cable company that shows one of its tablets blowing up an Iranian nuclear facility.

Akamai Confirms the Rumors, Nabs Cotendo for $268 Million

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 22, 2011 at 5:19 am PT

Akamai confirms the rumors, and nabs Israeli content-distribution start-up Cotendo, apparently outbidding Juniper in the process.

Apple Joins the Flash Madness Club With Anobit Deal

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 20, 2011 at 11:58 am PT

Flash memory has some troubles that an Israeli company call Anobit appears to know how to solve. Apple is the world’s biggest consumer of flash memory, so naturally it appears to have consumed Anobit.

Apple Reportedly Closes Anobit Deal for up to $500 Million

Peter Kafka in Mobile on December 20, 2011 at 4:14 am PT

If true, the deal would follow an Apple pattern: Spend relatively smallish amounts to pick up technology vendors it is already using.

Korea’s Pantech to Use Kinect-Like Gesture Recognition in Android Phones

Ina Fried in Mobile on October 31, 2011 at 9:58 am PT

The phone maker plans to use technology from Israel’s eyeSight Mobile Technologies to allow hand gestures to perform tasks such as answering calls and playing music.

eBay Bets on Social Commerce With Acquisition of the Gifts Project

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on September 8, 2011 at 5:58 am PT

EBay is announcing this morning that it has bought a company to bolster its efforts in social commerce.

Jive Acquires OffiSync, Socializes Microsoft Office and Outlook

Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 23, 2011 at 11:04 am PT

Social Enterprise software player Jive Software makes its second acquisition in as many months, and aims to make Microsoft Office and Outook more social. So when is the IPO already?

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IPad 2 Hits Japan, India, Hong Kong Friday

John Paczkowski in Mobile on April 27, 2011 at 11:54 am PT

The iPad 2 has a new Japanese launch date: Friday. Apple originally gave the iPad 2 a street date of March 25 in Japan, but canceled it after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that savaged the country. Today it said it’s added Japan to the second wave of international iPad 2 launches which includes Hong Kong, India, Israel, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.

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Facebook Removes "Third Palestinian Intifada" Page

Beth Callaghan in News on March 29, 2011 at 11:41 am PT

Facebook removed a page today titled “Third Palestinian Intifada” after a direct appeal to CEO Mark Zuckerberg by Israeli Cabinet Minister Yuli Edelstein. The page started out as a call for peaceful protest but had devolved into direct calls for violence by the page creators and its more than 350,000 fans, according to Andrew Noyes, Facebook’s public policy communications manager.

2010 Was the Year the Internet Got Scary. Get Used to It.

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 30, 2010 at 7:00 am PT

The year just ending started with an attack on Google by China and ended with the WikiLeaks affair. In the meantime, the Stuxnet worm showed the way toward a world where skilled hackers can cause serious real-world damage. Scared yet?