Keeping kids safe: Merlin Entertainment Group is running field trials with KeepMClose at a European amusement park. Losing a child at an amusement park is a nerve-wracking experience, but up until now there is no perfect solution for keeping tabs …

“We sometimes find companies paying the testers even if they reject the bug in order to keep them involved,” Doron Reuveni, uTest’s co-founder and CEO.As head of a technology startup a few years ago, one of the most important components …

Agam Energy Systems’ new piston-less turbine engine could revolutionize the automotive industry. All the company needs is a strategic partner to shift it into high gear. Americans love their cars, and own more of them per capita than anywhere else …

Israeli company i-Rox is now developing a medical administration program that will enable hospitals in the Palestinian Authority to take care of patients more efficiently. The programmers? Ultra-orthodox women.. While the news is full of stories of war, missiles, and …

The first 10 minutes are free: PokeTalk uses voice-over-IP to connect regular phones. Residents of the southern part of Israel in range of missiles from Gaza can now make phone calls up to 30 minutes to their friends and relatives …

“Vigilance is the only way to prevent these attacks,” former black hat hacker David Allouch, CTO of AppliCure. While Hamas rockets disrupt Israeli life in the Negev, supporters of the terror group are fighting against Israel on another front – …

People watch more TV in a recession: David Baum, co-founder of CopperGate.The digital home is in, and that’s good news for Israeli company CopperGate Communications, which has recently reported “explosive global growth” despite the world’s poor economy. The company’s chip …

Israeli discovery platform Bloggersbase, launched at Le Web 2008, uses a real-life online audience to help move undiscovered talent into the limelight, awarding prize money to the best bloggers. For the first time in media history, citizen journalists can report …

Not reinventing the wheel, simply improving it: The Phenom Watch Phone, which combines many of today’s new technologies in one device.Just over a year ago, Mati Herbst, an Israeli entrepreneur, saw someone wearing a ‘mobile’ watch. It had several different …

“We encourage sound investment over time,” says Gili Beiman, co-founder of MarketGuru, whose experts help people make real-life decisions about their stock portfolios.With America’s financial market gone belly up, financial advisors — at least those still employed — are scrambling …