Writer: Brian Blum

Brian has been a journalist and high-tech entrepreneur for over 25 years. He combines this expertise for ISRAEL21c as he writes about hot new local startups, pharmaceutical advances, scientific discoveries, culture, the arts and daily life in Israel. He loves hiking the country with his family (and blogging about it). Originally from California, he lives in Jerusalem with his wife and three children.

Israel’s best kept business secret

MediaMind, probably the most successful Israeli company you’ve never heard of, streamlines digital ad campaigns for companies like Fox, Sony, McDonald’s and Toyota. MediaMind turned

What’s next for AOL’s 5min?

In September AOL made its fifth acquisition in Israel and bought out Israeli start-up 5min Media. Now what’s in store for the niche video company?

From video dating to playing games

Israel’s Rounds isn’t the first video chat to work within Facebook, but the company claims to have the best interactive games and features. Dany Fishel

Crunching the numbers to reveal all

You need to know more than just what visitors do on your Internet site. That’s where Israel’s SiSense comes in, offering business intelligence for small

A one-click toolbar for social media

Adding applications is now as easy as a one-click install, with the new toolbar from Israel’s Wibiya, which consolidates dozens of social media functions into

Self-healing software is on its way

By emulating processes that occur in the human body and applying them to computers, IBM Israel is leading the way in building self-healing software.  

Computerizing organic farms

Israeli startup Farmigo believes its Fortune 500 approach to organic farming will help US farmers conduct their business more efficiently.   Farmigo aims to improve

Big brother IS watching

An Israeli startup has developed a potentially game-changing surveillance camera that can both monitor a panoramic field and zoom in on details.   Multiple high

Let the Web content roam free

Amobee hopes to enable content creators to survive today’s free Internet culture by providing their output in exchange for embedded advertising. Is this Google’s next