Alan Abbey

JERUSALEM – MovieFlix, a Hollywood-based broadband movie provider on the Web with 250,000 members, said it is seeking partnerships with Israeli companies in an attempt to expand to Israel. “MovieFlix is seeking to extend its broadband streaming media reach into Israel,” said spokeswoman Jenny Acton. The company, whose chief executive and co-founder Opher Mizrahi is […]

JERUSALEM – Two months ago, instant messaging software company Multimate.net announced it was reinventing itself, changing its name and its focus. Whereas the company used to primarily serve the needs of ASP customers, the new company, MessageVine, is concentrating its resources on the emerging market of wireless messaging. The company has just announced addition of […]

JERUSALEM – Two months ago, instant messaging software company Multimate.net announced it was reinventing itself, changing its name and its focus. Whereas the company used to primarily serve the needs of ASP customers, the new company, MessageVine, is concentrating its resources on the emerging market of wireless messaging. The company has just announced addition of […]

[JANUARY 31] TEL AVIV – Despite the current disruption in Israel’s security and the yearend downturn on Nasdaq, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has already seen a half-dozen Israeli companies that are publicly traded in the U.S. dual-list in Israel – with more to come. TASE senior vice president Ronit Harel Ben-Ze’ev said dual-listing came […]

[JANUARY 24] JERUSALEM – digitalisrael is the latest entry into the crowded field of news websites focusing on coverage of Israel’s business and high-technology scene. The site, a spinoff of parent company Jerusalem Post and the www.jpost.com Web site, officially launched recently after a month of beta testing. It has a mandate to become the […]

[Netanya, ISRAEL] Commtouch (CTCH) stock skidded 42 percent to $2.25 in heavy trading Tuesday after announcing that fourth quarter 2000 estimates would be below the company’s previous expectations and trimming 2001 expectations by more than 40 percent. The company also said it will cut staff worldwide by 20 percent. The company said revenues will be […]

[JERUSALEM] VC’s are over-investing in Bluetooth chip technology, while not investing enough in the applications that will create a demand for those chips, according to new research by Daedalus Venture Group. That could create a glut of Bluetooth chips – DVG expects 986 million devices by 2005 – but a dearth of companies developing applications […]