New Israeli app lets you turn to the crowd for inside information on parking spaces about to open up in the big city.
Technology
VascoDe brings smart-phone capabilities to simple cell phones
Israeli startup carves out a niche selling software to give online app access to billions of people in places where smartphones are unaffordable.
New iPhone app keeps track of rocket fire from Gaza
13-year-old Beersheva boy develops app that gives users a taste of life under fire.
Voicemail for video
Supermodel Noa Tishby helps launch new Israel-based startup, Minit, for bare-bones video sharing via smartphone.
Apple gets the Word
You may be able to ditch your laptop, now that Israel’s CloudOn is bringing the full functionality of Microsoft Office to the iPad.
Dial Zappix for customer service
New Israeli app takes the frustration out of automated customer-service call centers, putting menu choices into a visual screen on your phone.
Make your phone alerts pop
Tel Aviv-based Pops has a simple app that simplifies your life by aggregating your alerts into one spot on your smart phone screen.
Finally – picture-perfect group photos
A handy new Israeli app lets you meld the best images from a variety of group shots where somebody’s blinking, yawning or clowning.
Turning hours of home video into a mini masterpiece
Israel’s Magisto helps you transform hours of homemade video into exciting two-minute clips at just the click of a mouse. YouTube is already on board.
Coming to a device near you: mobile TV
Israel’s Siano will debut its proven technology for streaming television to mobile devices, changing the way America watches its favorite shows.
Where the experts go to learn English
SpeakingPal, a small Israeli startup, is garnering international attention for its interactive, phone-based approach to teaching spoken English. “The best way to learn a language is to speak it, preferably with someone who speaks that language well,” Eyal Eshed, CEO …