Addictive Feed from Tunewiki

It is pretty cool to watch the rolling feed of people's music on www.Tunewiki.com. You see what services/devices people are using to access music and lyrics as well as where on the globe they are from. Check out this diversity! iPhone, Android, Nokia, Vevo, etc. You can get Tunewiki from the iPhone Appstore, Nokia, Android Market, Blackberry Appworld and a Windows Media Player Plug in. There is also a great browser console that I highly recommend.

Full disclosure: Tunewiki is a Benchmark Investment

Is Google Playing By The Twitter Community Rules in RealTime Results?

I was very intrigued today that Google launched Real Time search with twitter updates so I quickly went to check it out. The implementation is really slick. I did a search for ticker symbol GLD and the realtime tweets started scrolling right at the top of the results. Slick!

Then I tried doing my own tweet on GLD from Seeking Alpha's Stocktalk app and noticed something odd. Unlike all the other 3rd party twitter platforms I am aware of, Google does not mention the source of the tweet. See the screenshots below from Tweetdeck, Twitter.com and Google and compare the source of the tweet.

As far as I can tell, it has been accepted practice to reference source in the Twitter community. Anyone have any ideas on this?

Full disclosure: Benchmark Capital is an investor in Both Twitter and Seeking Alpha.

For Channuka, Support Sustainable Israeli Farmers

Dear Friends,

If you are looking for a great present to give your friends for Channuka, how about a subscription to a CSA (What is a CSA?) that delivers wholesome Israeli agricultural products directly to your door. I discovered this great site and initiative called Negev Nectars that aggregates a few sustainable Negev farmers' products including organic olive oil, organic teas and honey. It is not your grandfather's Jaffa Oranges but it is supporting the incredible Israel Farmers.

So Give a gift this Channuka to all your friends that is a great idea that is great for Israel, Great for small farms and farmers and sustainable agriculture. Order them a share of NegevNectars' CSA. I am sure it will also be delicious.

**Full Disclosure: I have zero/nada/no interest in Negev Nectars. I simply discovered it in research and think it is great!

Aliya Flash Mob Comes to Jerusalem

My cousin Renana is behind this Hannuka Spectacular. Next Year with 100,000 new olim!

Could This Augur Israel's Innovation Drought

These two slides should scare the $%^&* out of the Israeli Government, Chief Scientist, Entreprenuers, VCs and Economists.

Israel must invest in innovation in order to come out strong on the other side of this financial crisis. Israel is well position to do that but without continued investment in research, innovation and tech infrastructure, it will not happen. If early stage funding dries up, there will not be late stage opportunities in the future. It could be that this is merely a rightsizing of the Israeli VC industry (which is probably needed) but to me that first graph looks like a cliff, not a diet.

Slides courtesy of Dow Jones and sent to me by EY