Technology

Israeli startup WalkMe provides a "Walk Thru" service that guides customers through websites. Companies, such as banks, can integrate the WalkMe API directly to their website, allowing them to create instruction balloons that direct the user across the page. The founders describe their service as a “GPS for website navigation.”

Ginger, an Israel and Massachusetts-based company, develops contextual grammar and spell-checking tools. The company just announced they have raised $5.4 million in an extension of its fourth financing round.

The Israeli town of Hoshaya is planning on installing Wi-Fi Internet access on the donkeys it uses as part of its Talmudic-era amusement village, Kfar Kedem. In order to let visitors upload photos and send emails about their experience in real time, park manager decided to offer wireless Internet on the asses.

Ringbow is a wearable ring device that enhances user interaction with touch devices, primarily designed for mobile gaming. It provides the functionalities of a mouse, keyboard and joystick simultaneously, enabling remote controlling for operating systems and applications.

Vidyoo is a recently launched Facebook platform, which offers online dating based on six-minute video chats. The app promises to help you meet people with similar interests and preferences and also allows you to control how much of your date’s video stream you see.

ClickTale, an Israel-based company, enables website owners and designers to understand exactly what their users like and don’t like on their site, with a tracking solution that watches every move a user makes inside a webpage.

Israeli startup Deja provides iOS devices with curated channels of content from across the web. Users can share videos with their friends and also curate their own channels, based on their personal tastes and interests.

Israeli Startup Commerce Sciences offers an e-commerce personalization tool called the Personal Bar, which is available to retailers as an add-on to their webpages. The toolbar enhances buyers' engagement by allowing them to interact with brands and provide feedback.

Nextends, a new Israeli startup, developed a platform for social gaming experience. Their first game, MonstAir Hockey, allows two users to place their iPhones next to each other and create a shared air hockey playground.

Opinion Stage, an Israeli startup for opinion surveys, has launched a new widget that easily allows bloggers and site owners to integrate polls on their pages and encourage reader interaction. Each debate page now includes a “get code” button that gives site owners the embed code to add the poll widget to their website.

YouHoo, a new Israeli mobile app launching tomorrow, aims to create location-based communities. The app allows users to see who is around them and connect on the basis of mutual interests and activities.

Breakthrough in forensics? Researchers at the Tel-Hai Academic College in Israel say that within a year genetic samples will be able to indicate the offender’s facial and body structures. A fingerprint or hair, for example, could help create a DNA composite portrait of suspects - even for those not in DNA databases.

BeeZee app for Android users sends automated text messages to contacts who call while you are in a meeting, cannot interrupt a conversation, or are otherwise busy. Users can determine the exact hours during which they will not be available.

The Israel based startup Real Match aims to revolutionize the field of job listing and recruitment. The company's service and free search engine automatically reads through resumes to match job seekers and relevant employers.

Israeli startup Nirsham has developed a platform for documenting and reporting traffic violations. Users can record the incident with their camera and send photos to Nirsham's servers.