An Israeli startup called prooV is building what it calls the first “proof of concept” platform, which lets an enterprise test-drive a startup’s technology before they sign a purchase order for it. Toby Olshanetsky, founder and CEO of prooV, has spent his 20-year career building enterprise software, mostly for startups, he says. Read more on Business...
Read MoreA paralysed woman wearing a “bionic” suit has completed the Great North Run, five days after she started it. Claire Lomas, from Leicestershire, was paralysed from the chest down in a riding accident in 2007. Read more on BBC...
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If you’re talking U.S. real estate, you are talking about a huge market. Real estate is the largest asset class in the U.S. – worth about $40 trillion, which breaks down into two parts: $23 trillion for residential housing, and $15 trillion for commercial real estate (CRE) accounts. And it’s a market that is still running, largely, on broker calls and site visits. Bottom line: While most people may not instinctively see any relationship between real estate and startups, the connection is there. The real estate market is a dinosaur, and it is more than ripe for technological transformation. Enter a growing number of cutting-edge startups that are transforming how business is done in the real estate industry. These companies are developing cutting-edge solutions that are increasing transparency, creating more equal opportunities, leveraging Big Data and complex algorithms that accurately determine risk, and automating manual tasks – potentially making an incredibly profitable market even more profitable. Because Size Counts The most noteworthy characteristic of the real estate sector is its magnitude. Don’t forget that a market with these proportions...
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Read MoreCeleno Communications has raised $38 million in funding to help build smart Wi-Fi chips and software. The Ra’anana, Israel-based company will use the money to grow its range of products based on 802.11ac Wave 2 wireless networking technology, which aims to disrupt traditional Wi-Fi networking. The company’s Quicksilver tech is designed for dense networks with lots of interference. It also does real-time spectrum analysis — to figure out where the interference is –and software-defined Wi-Fi virtualization, using its OtimizAIR technology. And its ControlAIR technology enables gigabit Wi-Fi coverage using “small cell” architecture. That basically means it has figured out how to unclog Wi-Fi networks. Read more on...
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