
TEL AVIV – According to an article in Forbes, Israel is set to become a powerhouse for innovation in the Internet of Things (IoT) industry. The author, Eyal Bino, a co-founder of the first NYC-based accelerator for early-stage Israeli tech
by Deborah Danan4 Jan 2016, 6:32 AM PST0

Silicon Valley and other tech center start-ups raised $2.06 billion in “agtech” venture capital in the first half of 2015 to develop apps and devices to help farmers manage the four-year-old drought.
by Chriss W. Street18 Oct 2015, 1:43 PM PST0

The “Internet of Things” (IoT) incorporates a dynamic array of technologies that mobilize sensors to monitor environmental conditions and radio-frequency identification RFID tags to facilitate objects interacting with users. California, with its high-tech industry, will lead the nation in IoT deployment.
by Chriss W. Street6 Sep 2015, 6:39 AM PST0

Uber is now valued at almost $51 billion, a valuation that puts the “on-demand mobile service” (ODMS) leader at the level of Facebook in 2011. The company’s fund-raising success has spurred a vast number of “Uber for X” start-ups that are building corporate empires with legions of outsourced contract workers. But the “gig economy” seems to be operating the same money-losing business model as the “Dot-com Bubble.”
by Chriss W. Street3 Aug 2015, 5:59 AM PST0