TuneWiki Lyric Service Raises Capital

TuneWiki, an Israeli startup founded in 2007 by two former airforce pilots and serial entrepreneurs, Amnon Sarig and Rani Cohen, recently launched a servce which allows you to listen to your music on an iPhone/iTouch and PC while scrolling the lyrics of the song in real-time.
According to TechCrunch, “The service, which was launched in December [...]

Tveez, MediaBoost and AdYouNet Score $$$

Online advertising and marketing startups are thriving in Israel and raising large amounts from VCs in the process.  Here are three that have made headlines:
Tveez Marketing Intelligence is a point-of-purchase marketing company founded in 2004 that supplies consumer-oriented companies with proactive sales and marketing management technology, enabling them to increase sales and deliver superior customer [...]

IBM Acquires Storage Startup Filesx

IBM is on a rampage.  After scooping up XIV, partnering with Siverge and now talking with Ctrue and Diligent Technologies, it has now signed an agreement to buy FilesX, an Israeli data-recovery startup founded in 2000.  The startup’s flagship technology, Xpress Restore, allows instant recovery of critical systems, servers and applications to any point-in-time.
According to Globes, IBM is paying [...]