There are currently plenty of solutions on the international market that allow customers to ensure domestic safety with the help of special wireless sensors (motion sensors, smoke detectors, etc.). But these sensors have a number of drawbacks, such as incomplete coverage and lack of video confirmation, while multifunctional sensor devices are fairly expensive and are …
Andrey Andreev, the Russian entrepreneur responsible for creating popular social apps such as Badoo, is reviving the dating site Hot or Not in the United States. Andreev has been trying for several years to enter the U.S. market’s complex and oversaturated online dating industry with the help of his social network Badoo, which has proven …
Russian entrepreneur Andrey Andreev to revive dating site Hot or Not in the US Read More
Founder of Russian social network Vkontakte Pavel Durov has filed a lawsuit in the US against his former partners in the project and a fund with a stake of almost 50 percent in Vkontakte. He accuses them of fraud and of extorting a stake in the instant messaging application Telegram. Durov and his two companies …
While planning for a European trip, Alexander Artyukhin spotted a gap in the market for independent travel planning services. As a result he set up his own startup aimed at helping clients organize the details of their trips abroad, from hotel bookings and tickets to local recommendations. As the Russian entrepreneur was setting out on a …
Going it alone: Startup offers independent travel at the click of a mouse Read More
The Russian startup Prixel has developed technology that makes it possible to print copies of paintings that fully convey the texture of the artist’s brushstrokes. The replica costs no more than $200 and the new technology may be used in the museum business. Fuji has similar technology, but in this case the price of one painting …
Movie theaters around Russia have begun screening new film “Startup”. Russia’s answer to U.S. box-office hit “The Social Network”, the movie tells the story of a pair of Moscow students in the mid-90s who create an internet search engine that becomes one of the largest in the world. Startup is the first Russian film about …
Telling the Yandex story: ‘Startup’ gets off the ground Read More
Born in Vladivostok, a city closer to Tokyo than Moscow, Alexandra Johnson has always had an international outlook. Soon after the fall of the Soviet Union, she left for the U.S., where she added a M.B.A from the University of California, Berkeley to her Ph.D. from St. Petersburg State University. Once in California, she found …
Hackers have taken down several Russian media website in the past week and alleged attacks on defense infrastructure in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine. Among the latest victims, on March 7, was the website of Rossiyskaya Gazeta, one of the largest Russian dailies, the paper of record of the Russian government, and the parent …
Russian government paper’s site taken down by pro-Ukraine hackers Read More
The Russian Internet company Yandex has launched a fee-free Android firmware kit in a bid to replace pre-installed Google firmware. The first Huawei and Explay devices with preinstalled Yandex.Kit should hit the stores this spring. Yandex.Kit is based on the three-dimensional Yandex.Shell interface. Yandex offers users a bonus 50 Gb of space on its Yandex.Disk …
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On Jan. 29, the Central Bank of Russia issued an official warning stating that all Bitcoin transactions will be considered potentially suspicious and added that use of Bitcoins in Russia is illegal. The currency is already banned in China, and the Financial Supervisory Authority of Denmark has also issues a statement warning against its use. …
Launched 35 years ago as an alternative to the American GPS and other international navigation systems, Russia’s national radio-based satellite navigation system GLONASS recently completed its satellite constellation to offer continuous coverage anywhere in the world. The Russian system has begun to generate interest from both domestic and international players, as reported by East-West Digital News. …
The Kaptoxa virus, which was used to steal more than 70 million credit card numbers in the United States, was “partly written in Russian”, according to a Wall Street Journal article published on January 17. The newspaper cited a report prepared by iSight Partners Inc. and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Kaptoxa, incidentally, is …
The Kartoxa virus: Blame corporate complacency, not Russian hackers Read More
