Technology

The Israeli startup Folloyu allows web visitors to switch devices while browsing, without losing any information or progress. Based on QR code scanning, they can start an online order on a PC and continue from that exact spot on their smartphone. The company hopes to contribute to e-commerce and decrease shopping-cart abandonment.

Wibbitz, a startup that coverts text and articles into videos in a matter of seconds, yesterday closed a funding round of approximately $3 million. The startup, dounded in 2011, hope to change the way we consume content online.

Fanograph offers a new tagging experience using an advanced technology for multi billion pixel and 360° panoramic images of crowds. Participants of mass events can easily identify themselves in the crowd, tag their friends and share their experience with thousands of people.

After 10 years of R&D, Israeli printing entrepreneur Benny Landa introduced his new contribution to the printing revolution: Nanography printers that use tiny pigments of water-based particles, which are only tens of nanometers in size and can print on almost any material.

Israeli startup Umoove created a hands-free solution for mobile devices. Their algorithm, using the mobile camera, can detect facial and eye movements in real time and operate functions such as dialing or launching applications.

Intel is launching research in Israel into technology that mimics the human brain and develops devices that learn about their user. “Despite their name, smartphones are rather dumb devices. My smartphone doesn’t know anything more about me than when I got it. All of these devices will come to know us as individuals."

Israeli company Alvarion has set up a wi-fi network that will allow residents in the most out-of-reach areas in China to connect to the internet. Alvarion has partnered with China’s Beijing Huasun Unicreate to install a total of 10,000 base stations in Liaoning province.

Leading the way towards a significant shift in the gaming industry is Israeli company Playcast. The company's technology enables cable and satellite television companies to offer the latest video games without the need to buy an expensive console or the games themselves.

ICVT, the creators of the JPEGmini and VIDEOmini media optimization technologies, today announced the release of JPEGmini for Mac, a Mac app which frees up hard drive space by reducing photo file size without affecting quality.

Reseachers from Tel Aviv University found that smartphones users have a different sense of privacy and appropriateness of public cellphone usage. The study shows that people who are predisposed to immediately react to phone calls and messages are more attracted to smartphones.

Face.com, the leader in online face recognition technology, yesterday released the production version of their iPhone camera app, KLIK 1.0. KLIK uses real-time mobile face recognition to automatically detect faces, and even identify friends in photos allowing users to easily tag and share photos of their friends.

A new alert system developed by Israel's MultiLock and Starcom Systems aims to tattletale on thieves – literally. The WatchLock – a lock enforced with special GPS and cellular chips – allows owners to track its location anywhere in the world, and send them a text message should anyone try to pry it open.

A new game for iPads will help you learn to read sheet music and play the piano, by helping a virtual granny dust off her piano from germs. The game doesn’t require a real piano and comes with a 3D virtual keyboard.

An Israeli tech veteran came up with a “treatment” for what in 2010 was the 10th-leading cause of death in the United States – road accident fatalities. Drivers who use his iOnRoad app become “super drivers” who are much more likely to get home alive, the CEO says.

Israeli startup RayV hopes to introduce the next generation of TV-watching, based on patented cloud technology. Their TV player allows high-speed streaming on all IP devices, in addition to split-screen viewing and social chats. The startup has raised approximately $40 million.