The Foxconn factory near St. Petersburg has begun production of Hewlett-Packard (HP) All-in-One PCs, an HP representative told Vedomosti. The All-in-One PC is a type of computer in which the monitor is united with the processor, motherboard, hard drive and other components. In early 2013, Russia imposed 10-percent import duties on desktop PCs and monoblocks, …
Arkady Volozh, the other founder of Yandex, announced the sad news on the official company blog on July 28. “The changes in the blood were no longer compatible with life. He had to be given a chance to leave with dignity. The doctors turned him off yesterday, his heart stopped,” Volozh wrote. Early reports indicated …
Yandex co-founder Ilya Segalovich dies at 48 in London Read More
Every day, 300 million new photos are loaded onto Facebook; Instagram users publish 58 pictures each second. Not uploading what you had for lunch or the thousandth image of your favorite cat in the social network has become almost indecent. However, most users do not really care about what, and with what kind of optical …
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VKontakte, Russia’s biggest social network also known as VK.com, is keen on negotiating a way for its users to listen legally to the music from the world biggest record labels’ catalogues. Pavel Durov, CEO and founder of VKontakte, told Vedomosti that his company, together with Sony Music, Warner Music and Universal Music, is looking for …
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“We are starting a ‘big hunt’ for computer programmers,” the Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu said in a sensational remark at a recent meeting with the rectors of Russia’s leading universities. The rectors felt relief though, as Shoigu explained that the term ‘hunt’ was meant in a good way.
The Apple website in Russia, now features an Apple Online Store, and Russian consumers will be able to purchase Apple devices directly from the company’s website. Any Apple device can be bought from the store, including the iPhone 5, which starts at 29,990 rubles ($909). Online customers can pay by bank card online or pay …
President Vladimir Putin has canceled the instruction issued by his predecessor, Dmitry Medvedev, which required state-run companies to make contributions to the endowment fund of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech). The new order issued by Putin was a “For Official Use Only” document. Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that state companies will now be able to …
Demo Europe, a major start-up and venture conference, took place at Moscow’s Digital October center last week. On June 3 and 4, Russian start-ups presented their projects while venture capitalists listened. All the while, journalists from major Russian and world media outlets followed the presentations with attention, looking for future stars. What did they notice? Here some …
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It’s easy to make a variety of instant payments for a variety of services ranging from a post-paid mobile bill to cable television subscription fees, thanks to a successful Russian company that set up base in India’s national capital region in the beginning of 2011. The Indian franchising partner of Qiwi, Russia’s biggest instant payment …
McKinsey consultant Ivan Osadchiy once took a trip to New York – at the same time as his seventy-year-old father went into hospital in Moscow. “I couldn’t help my dad to keep in touch with the family, or give him any support”, Ivan recalls. Osadchiy’s father had no way of reaching him either by Skype …
Novosibirsk scientists have developed a smartphone technology to let female users know the best time to conceive a baby. The solution, christened ‘Baby Cloud,’ includes a special sensor that women who want to get pregnant attach to their body. “The sensor measures body temperature and other parameters and sends a text message to the user’s phone …
Russian game publisher Game Insight has been in the news over the last year for having opened an office in San Francisco, reached sales of $90 million and made the Forbes’ list of top 30 most successful Russian web companies. The company develops free apps for iOs, Android, Facebook and VKontakte. In this interview with Russia …
