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Topic: cellphone technology

May 18, 2013
4:47 am

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Too-deep discounts get Rami Levy an iPhone import deal

Apple apparently didn’t like the idea of an Israeli discounter selling its products too cheap, and ‘leaned’ on the company to charge more

By David Shamah

May 3, 2013
1:41 pm

Screenshot of Perfecto's MobileCloud interface (Photo credit: Courtesy)

When mobile apps don’t make the cut

Test them in the cloud, says Israeli start-up Perfecto Mobile

By David Shamah

March 1, 2013
9:25 am

Accel Telecom Voyager (photo credit: Courtesy)

Israeli retro-carphone could make driving safer

A do-it-all smartphone for cars could help keep drivers keep their eyes on the road, not on their devices

By David Shamah

February 27, 2013
10:47 am

A Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone equipped with Red Bend's 'dual-persona' operating systems (photo credit: Courtesy)

‘Split personality’ phone solves major security breach

Red Bend’s new dual-persona Android OS platform for Samsung phones provides a better solution to the ‘BYOD dilemma’

By David Shamah

February 25, 2013
2:16 am

Elderly Israeli Arab speaks on a cellphone (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Co-opting the smartphone revolution for the elderly

An Israeli company has developed a platform that will put the 55+ crowd in charge of their data

By David Shamah

February 4, 2013
3:06 pm

Cellrox CEO Omer Eiferman (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Israeli business beats Blackberry — by two years

Start-up Cellrox was selling virtual smartphone partitions for corporate data while Blackberry’s Balance feature was still in diapers

By David Shamah

January 24, 2013
11:52 pm

Intucell's software helps wireless carriers manage their networks (photo credit: Courtesy Intucell)

Cisco agrees to buy Israel’s Intucell for about $475 million

From the web Bloomberg: The Israeli maker of software to relieve cell network congestion is Cisco’s 10th start-up acquisition here

December 30, 2012
9:55 am

Israeli teen uses his cellphone (Photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Study eyes cellphone use in Israel schools

From the web UPI: 94% of high school students in Israel say they’ve used their cellphone to access social media during class

December 4, 2012
10:31 pm

Haim Saban (L) poses with former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice (Photo Credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)

Saban buys control of Israel’s Partner Communications

From the web Reuters: US-Israeli media magnate Haim Saban agreed to buy a controlling stake in Israel’s second-largest telecoms operator

September 12, 2012
6:51 am

The scene at the HTIA conference Tuesday (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Samsung comes out of the ‘Israel closet’

Israeli R&D centers — Samsung’s only such centers outside of South Korea — responsible for newest smartphone’s camera technology

By David Shamah

September 12, 2012
12:11 am

Lexifone tops own targets with phone translation service

From the web Reuters: The company expects sales to triple this year, far beyond what had been expected

September 6, 2012
10:25 pm

Cellphone fun (Photo credit: Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Many not amused by Cellcom’s ‘prank call’ service

That call you got late at night with an odd voice on the other end may have been an Israeli phone company’s idea of humor

By David Shamah

August 7, 2012
3:52 pm

Ofer Ahiraz (Photo credit: Yisrael Hadary)

Deal with S. Korean giant boosts Israeli telecom firm, after financial roller coaster

Israeli company Leadcom went from riches to near-rags in the wake of the 2008 recession. Now things seem to be on the upswing again

By David Shamah

August 7, 2012
1:47 pm

Traffic at the entrance to Jerusalem (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)

App promises good motorists revenge on dangerous drivers

A pair of Israeli entrepreneurs want to marshal the power of smartphones to shame – or prosecute – those who think they ‘own the road’

By David Shamah

August 2, 2012
6:55 am

LiveU CEO Samuel Wasserman with the company's LU40i Video Uplink Solution (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Seeing the Olympics, through an Israeli tech company’s ‘eyes’

LiveU is used by news organizations for transmitting broadcast-quality video – with some 100 broadcasters utilizing the Israeli-developed technology

By David Shamah

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