VoiceItt, the Israeli startup that creates speech recognition for people with brain injuries, strokes, mental disabilities and other potential speech impairments, was chosen to be part of a three-month long Alexa Accelerator in Seattle.

Temporary 3,210-square meter structure in the city's MATAM tech park - also home to Google, Yahoo, IBM, Microsoft - will house 300 workers until a permanent structure is completed.

Amazon is looking into leasing a warehouse of some 270,000 square feet near Modi'in and setting up a website targeting Israeli shoppers

Amazon’s Alexa has been the default tool for website ranking for years and nothing has come close to usurping Alexa as the go-to tool for anyone wanting to compare their global traffic with that of a rival. SimilarWeb has recently launched with the aim of doing just that.