Written by: Zack Miller | April 9, 2008
Elbit Systems (ESLT) wins a multi-year contract from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company to supply new generation Head-Up Displays (HUDs) for the new F-16 aircraft.
Comverse (CMVT) wins Norway deal.
Amdocs (DOX) bought broadband cable solutions provider Jacobs RimellLtd. for approximately $45 million to build its operations support systems (OSS) offering.
El Al raising prices by about 9%.
Israeli firms are profiting on the Facebook phenomenon. Read the Globes story.
Written by: Zack Miller | February 24, 2008
Thinking about Facebook’s Beacon from a partner perspective…
The Techdirt Insight Community recently addressed this issue and posited it to their group of experts.
“Does it make sense for a consumer-facing company to sign on to Beacon — or has the program forever been tarnished? How should we approach using Beacon? In an ideal world, we would like for it to be a way for fans of our products to pass on effective “endorsements” of the product, but we do not want to be seen as doing something intrusive or upsetting. If not Beacon, is there a better way to do this either within Facebook or through a different platform?”
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Written by: Zack Miller | February 14, 2008
Using a similar framework to O’Reilly’s Web 2.0 definition, let’s first define what Mobile 2.0 is all about. Once we define what is is, we can discuss applications for social network over mobile.
Mobile 1.0 vs. Mobile 2.0
ringtones, ringbacks <—> Vringo (video caller ID)
reading <—> publishing/participating
pull <–> push
connected to PC enivonment <–> connected to my web environment
411 <–> Google411
GPS <–> Google Maps
p2p <–> p2community
Dodgeball <–> facebook, android
casual gaming <–> networked gaming
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Written by: Aaron Katsman | November 9, 2007
Aaron Katsman
IsraelNewsletter.com
Zoran (ZRAN), a developer and marketer of integrated circuit cores (ICs) and embedded software for DVDs, digital cameras, and set-top boxes, announced that US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has notified the company by letter dated November 2, 2007, that the staff’s investigation of Zoran’s historical stock option granting practices has been terminated and that no enforcement action against Zoran has been recommended to the Commission. Zoran’s NASDAQ listing was in jeopardy, as they delayed publishing their financial reports while the SEC investigation was on-going.
This should help lift a cloud that was hanging over the company and allow them to focus solely on executing their business model.
My man, Zack “FACEBOOK” Miller had a great piece on Zoran, and he is really getting jiggy.
Take a good look at Zoran, as they continue to be an attractive long-term play.
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Disclosure: Author has a position in ZRAN as of 11/9/07.
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