Writer: David Shamah

No-risk restaurant dining

Food lovers can discover the best restaurants and dishes with a new user-driven iPhone application that is gradually evolving into a ‘Twitter for foodies’  

Putting coexistence center stage

Israel‘s mixed Jaffa Arab-Hebrew Theater may be an “island of sanity” according to its director, but its survival is by no means a foregone conclusion.

Beating the boot-up blues

Israel’s Soluto just won a prestigious TechCrunch Disrupt award with its lead product that may cut down PC boot-up time by up to half, a

Protection from underwater threats

An Israeli company is at the forefront of technology taking on the challenge of safeguarding us from threats that originate at sea.   Photo by

Smart cartoons for kids

An Israeli animation company for pre-schoolers is attracting networks in the US, Canada, Europe and even Qatar with content that is aimed to expand creativity,

Still hope for Turkish-Israeli business

Their relationship may be in severe crisis, with calls for trade boycotts on both sides, but entrepreneurs believe the strong business connection between Turkey and

True 3D play is only months away

Microsoft’s newest Xbox video game console is generating excitement among gamers worldwide. Its core component – a radical new 3D sensoring technology – was developed

Building an electronic human brain

A former Weizmann Institute scientist seeks to create an electronic human brain with cognitive abilities to provide insight into the most powerful ‘computer’ in existence.

Beating the copycats

Electronics made by Israel’s Walletex have evolved from commodity consumer goods to high-tech security devices sold to dozens of international companies.   The Walletex Musicap,

A “Facebook” for cell phones

Israeli company MagnetU claims it’s the first social application to tell you when you’re in the vicinity of people who meet your compatibility criteria, and

Collecting for an online era

Whether it’s stamps, coins or phone cards, collecting just got easier with a new award-winning Israeli website that enables collectors to post their catalogs on