Technology

Have you ever flipped through a magazine, seen a product pictured in it, but had no idea where to get it? Israeli app Pounce uses image recognition to let you purchase items right off those magazine pages.

When it comes to managing your retirement funds, many people are in the dark and simply trust whichever pension plan their employer offers. However, there is often a better option, and Israeli startup Feex’s Sucker Meter can help you find it

You might think that see-through fridges and windows that turn into screens exist only in the movies, but Gauzy, an Israeli startup company, is turning science-fiction into reality.

It was only a matter of time until we started seeing the results of Waze being acquired by Google, and here are the first ones. Some users around the world are now able to get real-time traffic reports from Waze straight to their Google maps app.

Learning a new language but tired of those boring texts in your textbook? Israeli startup Lingua.ly's Google Chrome extension will locate content you like that is just at your reading level in order to improve your learning experience.

The exits just keep on coming in the startup nation. Just several months after Waze was acquired for nearly a billion dollars by Google, Trusteer, a cyber-security company, has been acquired by IBM for $800 million to $1 billion.

Many social networks are all about the "now." Twitter and Facebook can both give you an idea of what your friends are currently doing. Israeli startup Yevvo takes this notion a step further with live video broadcasting from your smartphone.

A good business meeting often happens when you can go beyond the professional to create a personal connection, so it's nice to go in knowing a little about the other person. TheName.Is is a social network for business people that offers a quick and easy video aggregation of your social feed.

With the new S4, Samsung has set a new standard for mobile devices' features. Eye recognition and touch-less control is the next big thing and Apple will not stay far behind – quite possibly with the help of Israeli startup uMoove.

While most smartphones rely on 3G and 4G technology for internet access, no country offers the next generation 5G network yet. A new agreement between India and Israel hopes to bring the advanced network to both countries.

With the internet such an inherent part of our lives, it seems ludicrous for many airports, restaurants and other public places to charge exorbitant prices for wifi. Israeli company Yadwire wants to give you free wifi by adding ads to your browser.

We've all heard about it: someone who was paying a monthly fee for something they never signed up for, just because they didn't read the fine print. Israeli startup BillGuard's new iPhone app will monitor your credit account to protect you from such charges.

While collecting private data online has been a big issue, Israeli researchers have found a way to track network usage in order to monitor disasters, by looking at how often certain users communicate, rather than monitoring the content of their conversations.

Over the past two weeks, a rumor has surfaced that tech giant Apple wants to buy Israeli motion recognition company PrimeSense. The Times of Israel's David Shamah analyses why, if carried out, it will be a good move for Apple.

One of the hardest things to monitor at bars is beer-on-tap consumption. Israeli startup Weissbeerger is using state-of-the-art technology to make beer drinking easier to monitor and more cost effective for both bar owner and client.