Microsoft has acquired Israel’s Peer5, which develops technology for low-bandwidth video streaming, called eCDN. It is understood that its technology will be used in Microsoft Teams, the company’s platform for communication. Peer5’s team will join Microsoft Israel R&D. https://www.timesofisrael.com/microsoft-acquires-israeli-startup-peer5-to-improve-video-streaming-software/ https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3914649,00.html … Continue reading →

Israel’s Wix (see here previously) has launched “Branded App by Wix” – a new tool that gives small businesses the ability to build tailor-made mobile apps without any coding. Users can design the icon, layout and content for product pages, … Continue reading →

Yeda, the commercial arm of Israel’s Weizmann Institute is to receive a $40 million investment over 3 years, from US-Israeli company Impact NRS. Yeda will establish Plantae Bioscience, to develop nutritious alternative food sources that have reduced environmental impact and … Continue reading →

Israel’s IDE Technologies (see here previously) is to build and operate a seawater desalination plant to provide drinking water to Mumbai – India’s most populous city. https://www.ide-tech.com/en/in-the-news/ide-water-technologies-signs-seawater-desalination-plant-project-agreement-with-municipal-corporation-of-greater-mumbai-mcgm/

Here is a new video that highlights (in under 2 minutes) some of the innovative ways Israel utilizes its limited water resources and makes the desert bloom. It features recycling, drip irrigation, desalination, river rehabilitation, and extracting water from the … Continue reading →

Israel’s BIRD Aerosystems has won a contract to install its SPREOS DIRCM anti-missile system on an Airbus 320-type aircraft. The system tracks and jams heat-seeking missiles and is part of a wider defense system that is being installed in partnership … Continue reading →