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Face.com – Face Recognition Tech. from Israel

Posted by: Siwal on: April 4, 2009

Face.com lately has been in the news,is a start up that is focussing on a face recognition technology and they think its the best out there.
I have an alpha invite to their fbook app and will be reviewing them soon. So tune in again
They recently announced their Facebook app called Photo Finder to test their [...]

Chirp: Small Idea,Big names?

Posted by: Siwal on: January 24, 2008

Well nothing great about this start up. Remember those days when all you really did on your computer was to download a few cool screen savers,wallpapers and just made sure you dont fall asleep while browsing through clicks after clicks of junk…..
Chirp just add’s the facebook and flicker feeds into your screensavers and hence gives [...]

Here’s a niche but a brilliant idea that in my view will create a whole new layer in the existing Online Jobsearch value chain
Founded by two guys, Notchup is trying to expand the target audience for the Jobsearch market. At present, you only enter the world of jobsearch if your looking to move…. but what [...]

They say behind every successful man is a woman, well the woman in this case is definitely making the most of it…….
23andMe, the consumer genetics testing company founded by Sergey Brin’s wife Anne Wojcicki, is now available in Europe and Canada.
The service, which launched in November enables customers to search and discover whether their [...]

Noca plans to make online transactions completely free

Posted by: Siwal on: January 23, 2008

If you sell anything online, whether physical goods or services, you’re probably keenly aware of the 2-3% (plus $0.30) lost through transactional fees every time someone makes a purchase with their credit card. This fee rears its ugly head whether you use PayPal, Google Checkout, or Amazon Flexible Payment Service since those companies are largely [...]

AniBoom – an impassioned community of video animators

Posted by: Siwal on: January 20, 2008

YouTube may have captured the largest video audience, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still plenty of niches to exploit. AniBoom is tapping into an impassioned community of video animators to create content that will, occasionally, capture some of that YouTube-sized audience.
A competitor for the video award at tomorrow’s Crunchies, AniBoom is different from most [...]

Israel Startups

Posted by: Siwal on: January 20, 2008

Here are a few startups from Israel and a brief introduction to some of them …. clearly video startups are still the hot fav of the VC’s
Participating startups include 5min, Plymedia, AllofMe, Nuconomy, ClickTale, blogTV, Sportingo, PicScout, Qoof, 8hands, Velingo, Innovid, Semingo, PageOnce and Journeys.

Website: http://www.5min.com/
Location: New York
Founded: 0000
Total Funding: $5.30M
5min is a user-generated instructional [...]

So what is Ribbit and all the buzz around it !

Posted by: Siwal on: January 17, 2008

Ribbit, a platform for building web-based voice applications, has officially launched today to a bit of fanfare, as it rides two of the year’s big trends: open development platforms and web-based VoIP. We first caught wind of the company back in August, when we learned of their plans for making and receiving calls via [...]