Google Acquires Israeli Security Startup SlickLogin

Fnord666 writes "SlickLogin, an Israeli startup and developer of smart identification technology through user smartphones has been acquired by Google for several million (the official transaction amount remains undisclosed). SlickLogin was founded under a year ago by Or Zelig, Eran Galili and Ori Kabeli. The company first unveiled its technology at TechCrunch Disrupt held last September. The company has yet to launch their product."

Comments

Is Israel the only middle-east starter-up?

[Anonymous Coward]

Why every time one of the big "monsters" of technology acquires a start-up is it from Israel?
Are the big technology players of the world biased?
Why we never read about Google buying a start-up from Egypt or Apple buying a start-up from Lebanon or Facebook buying some Jordanian start-up?

Are the Israelis the only people interested in technology in the middle-east? Is that a demographic matter?

Where are the contributions of the other middle-east countries in the areas of reearch and technology?

Re:The Big, Bad Wolf

[icebike]

Use this and Google will be able to identify and tie your id with both your computer and your smartphone .

Yeah, well, Two Factor Authentication already used by Google already KNOWS the computer you are using, and the PHONE you are
using.

This adds no more information than you've already given them for Two Factor Authentication.