Technology

Think you're being ripped off by your car repair shop? A new app that detects car problems, and the exact cost to repair them, could save you big bucks.

Israel is known as the Startup Nation, where thousands of startups operate and thrive. So how come women make up only one-third of the sector?

In only one week, the Pebble Time smartwatch Kickstarter campaign raised a whopping $12 million. We reveal the Israeli brains behind the success story.

Apple's CEO Tim Cook visited Israel last week to inaugurate the company's second-largest R&D center in Herzliya, and to visit with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.

The innocent-looking smartphone in your pocket signals its location without GPS, which makes it much easier to spy on you. Android users, beware!

There are 12 global centers at the forefront of technology. Which city outside the US rounded up the top five list?

Animal rights activists - don't fret. No kittens actually explode in this card game that went viral on Kickstarter, raising a whopping $8.8 million.

There are 6.8 billion active cell phones on earth, but just a quarter of them are smartphones. Now, millions of 'dumb' phones are about to get a facelift with Israel's nFrnds and Microsoft.

OurBoox wants to democratize the publishing process by making author's literary and illustrative work open and completely free to the reading public.

How were the Boston Marathon bombers caught? With the help of BriefCam’s solution, which shortens hours of video surveillance to just a few minutes.

Inspired by a friend's need, Oded Ben Dov created the first smartphone that allows the disabled to make calls, send texts, and take pictures without lifting a finger.

Two Israeli startups took home prizes, including Sesame Enable, which was the overall winner of one million dollars in the 'Education' category.

With most travel and shipping available online, it is about time the $4 billion dollar freight shipping industry catches up - that's exactly what Freightos plans to do.

Is that a tweet or an email? With TL;DR (too long; didn't read), a new application that wants to minimize the time you spend reading emails, it's hard to tell.

From virtual fitting rooms to an app that will tell you where to get the amazing shoes on that stranger, Israeli companies are bringing fashion into the future.