Author: OurCrowd

WSJ’s top tech columnist Walt Mossberg names Curiyo “A Valuable Tool for Web Browsing”

Sep 11, 2013 | ,

Walt Mossberg, leading technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal, featured OurCrowd portfolio company Curiyo, software for your web browser that lets you look up names, places and other terms in a pop-up window without leaving the page you’re reading. Curiyo officially launched its product today. …in one story I read about the Syrian crisis, Curiyo underlined such things as the names of the Russian and Syrian foreign ministers. But it didn’t underline the phrase “chemical weapons.” A long click on the word “chemical” brought up the Curiyo box with information about chemical weapons, because Curiyo’s servers deduced I wanted information about the whole phrase. Curiyo raised $500,000 from OurCrowd investors in December 2012.   Read more on The Wall Street Journal here. The article also contains a video review of Curiyo, watch it below:  ...

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Feed your Curiyo-sity: A Valuable Tool for Web Browsing

Feed your Curiyo-sity: A Valuable Tool for Web Browsing

Sep 11, 2013 | , , ,

Have you ever read an article online and come across a name of something or someone that seems important to the story but don’t know who it is or what it means? Have you then opened up multiple browsers and clicked back and forth through them in search of the answer? Frustrating, isn’t it? Well, your web browsing experience is about to get better. Israeli startup and OurCrowd portfolio company, Curiyo puts all the information and data you need at your fingertips with just one long click. Curiyo, Answers.com founder Bob Rosenschein’s newest venture, is software for your web browser that lets you look up names, places and other terms in a pop-up window without leaving the page you’re reading. Walt Mossberg, leading technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal, outlines the Curiyo magic in a review today of the product and found it to be a valuable and easy-to-use addition to Web browsing. After testing a pre-release version of the product, Mossberg reported that Curiyo “worked well and I can recommend it, especially for readers like me, who tend to get interrupted by unfamiliar references and...

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Zula rocking it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2013 — wins ‘Audience Choice’ award!

Zula rocking it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2013 — wins ‘Audience Choice’ award!

Sep 10, 2013 | , , , ,

TechCrunch Disrupt is an annual technology conference hosted by TechCrunch in San Francisco, New York City and Beijing and is one of the most anticipated and popular events of the year in the tech industry. It’s at this conference that many technology startups choose to launch their products and services competing on stage in front of leading venture capitalists, potential investors, media and other interested parties. OurCrowd’s portfolio company Zula, an innovative cloud-based mobile collaboration platform for teams, is participating in the conference this week and has lived up to its promise to become one of the most disruptive startups there! Last night the Zula team were the ‘Audience Choice Winners’ and got a chance to pitch live before the Disrupt judges. Co-founders Jeff Keni Pulver and Jacob Ner-David took to the TechCrunch Disrupt stage and wowed the audience, judges and online viewers with their innovative Zula app. Watch the video of their performance on stage: TechCrunch published an article featuring Zula with some of the selected Q&A with the Disrupt judges. Take a look: Zula’s Mobile-First Teamwork Tool Lets You Spend More Time Outside Of The Inbox Way to go Zula team, you guys...

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