Google To Expand Campus In Tel Aviv, Launch Startups Residency
Tel Aviv is among six other cities - London, Madrid, São Paulo, Seoul, and Warsaw - to have a Google Startups Campus.
October 23, 2018
Google Rolls Out AI-Powered Flood Forecasting In India, Says Head Of Tel Aviv R&D Center
The tech giant is using AI and significant computational power to better predict when and where floods will occur, saving lives and trying to mitigate billions in damages, Yossi Matias explains.
September 26, 2018
Google’s Data-Light Search ‘Go’ Can Now Read Out The Web, Powered By AI Tech Developed In Tel Aviv
People using the app, developed for entry-level devices with spotty connections, will now be able to listen to news and long-form articles in 28 languages, says Google's VP of engineering and head of its R&D Center in Tel Aviv, Yossi Matias.
August 28, 2018
Zebra Medical Vision Raises $30M, Unveils New AI Research
The Israeli medical imaging startup that uses machine and deep learning to build tools for medical professionals has raised $30 million and revealed new research for an upcoming chest x-ray AI analytics product.
June 07, 2018
TechCrunch Mobility Conference Coming To Tel Aviv Next Week
Ahead of the one-day event, which will feature Israeli and international industry speakers, TechCrunch is also hosting a Tel Aviv Innovation week, a series of events across the city focused on mobility innovation.
May 31, 2018
Need A Dinner Reservation? Israeli Tech Powers Google’s New Human-Sounding Assistant To Book It
Google Duplex, unveiled in California this month, was developed by Yaniv Leviathan, principal engineer at Google, and Yossi Matias, VP of engineering and managing director of Google's R&D Center in Tel Aviv
May 21, 2018
Israel’s Check Point Finds Porn Malware In Google Play Store Games
Israeli software and data security giant discovers over 60 games, many for children, infected with malicious code dubbed 'Adult Swine.'
January 14, 2018
Israel To Tax Tech Giants Google, Facebook
Israel may become the first country in the world to issue tax bills to these companies.
November 16, 2017
Israeli Hacker Saves Gmail From ‘Killer’ Security Flaw
Oren Hafif, an Israeli “white hat” hacker, discovered a serious security flaw in Gmail which could have compromised all 500 million accounts and allowed hackers to access users’ mail accounts and all Web services that use Google’s authentication system.
June 15, 2014
Get To Know The Israeli Startups Behind Google’s Highly-Anticipated Project Tango
Two Israeli startups, Mantis Vision and SagivTech, are providing the core technology for Google's Project Tango that is prone to revolutionize access to everything 3D.
June 12, 2014
Two Israeli Companies Combine To Give Google Glass Some Serious Competition
Glass by Google aims to revolutionize the way we interact with the world, by offering a layer of augmented reality to be displayed before our eyes. But Google's not alone, with several competitors in the field – one of which stems from an amalgamation of two Israeli companies.
May 13, 2014
Israel’s ‘One Hour Translation’ Doubles Its Sales
Barely five years after its launch, Israeli online translation service One Hour Translation is already serving half of the Fortune 500 companies. The company reports a sales growth of 100 percent.
September 01, 2013
Google Maps Show First Sign Of Waze Acquisition With Real-Time Traffic Reports
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.
August 21, 2013
Unique MIT-Backed Program MEET Uses Technology To Bridge Gaps Between Israeli And Palestinian Youths
MEET, a program founded by five Israeli and Palestinian Ivy League Students and backed by MIT and Google, is breeding the next generation of tech leaders on both sides.
June 30, 2013
Waze CEO Noam Bardin Talks About What Waze Can Add To Google
Why was Google willing to pay over $1 billion for Israeli social GPS startup Waze? The Israeli company's CEO told Forbes that a lot of it has to do with the way his company collects data and uses advertising.
June 18, 2013