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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Launched in 2011, Apps4all has attracted a sizable portion of the mobile app developer community in Russia and neighboring countries. The startup helps large IT companies and device manufacturers interact with developers and provides a variety of media, event, training, research, and advertising activities. Just weeks ago the young company, which is backed by a Russian candy magnate, entered …
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The 10th edition of the yearly Mobile VAS & Apps Conference – probably the largest event on these topics in Eastern Europe – was held in St. Petersburg in late November in partnership with East-West Digital News. The conference was attended by over 500 participants from 19 countries, most of them CEOs, senior managers, and employees of …
St. Petersburg, Russia – i-Free has announced the release of a new product: Hero Voicer, a voice-changing PC program that also adds background sounds and special effects. With its contemporary design and neat interface, Hero Voicer can be quickly adjusted to work with any software, from online games to voice chat-rooms. Hero Voicer, i-Free’s latest addition …
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Earlier this week the Mail.Ru Group, a top Russian Internet group listed on the London Stock Exchange, announced the US launch of My.com, which is developing English language communication and entertainment applications. By installing its subsidiary in the heart of Silicon Valley, the group is following in the footsteps of Russian tech giants such as …
In an attempt to marry thousand-year-old Orthodoxy and 21st century mobile tech, a Russian entrepreneur launched last week the first-ever application enabling the order of Christian prayers from iOS and Android powered mobile gadgets. With the new app developed by InfoShell, a St. Petersburg based IT solution provider, an Orthodox believer will be able to …
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Yandex announces today its new mobile app analytics tool – Yandex.Metrica for Apps, tailored specifically to the needs of mobile app developers all over the world. The English-language version of Yandex.Metrica for Apps is available for free on demand at appmetrica.yandex.com. The main reason why we made an app stats tool from scratch, instead of using any of those currently …
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In partnership with comScore, Ernst and Young and The Next Web, East-West Digital News is releasing a 100-page study on the Russian online video market, a fast-growing segment that deserves renewed attention. A variety of factors is set to drive strong further growth, from the new anti-piracy legislation – which is likely to increase content …
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The “All Together” fundraiser aims to help the over 100,000 people affected by recent floods in the Russian Far East. The campaign has proven to be one of the biggest non-profit SMS campaigns in European history. More than 9.5 million people have participated and a considerable part of the more than $23 million raised has …
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Earlier this week RocketBank, a Moscow-based banking application startup, announced that it received $2 million in funding from Runa Capital, a Moscow-based fund operating internationally. RocketBank’s application, currently available only on iOS, allows users to complete money transfers that necessitate no bank details of a recipient, simply an e-mail address or e-wallet number – which the …
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MTT, a Russian telecom group owned by VTB and former telecommunication minister Leonid Reiman, announced last week the launch of a Skype-like VoIP application named ‘Beam.’ The company stated it had invested 100 million rubles (approximately $3 million) in the project, which is based on MTT’s own VoIP platform for call rerouting, billing, and integration …
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Qwenty, a Moscow based startup developing a mobile app for geolocated job searches, has raised $300,000 from serial startup investor Igor Ryabenkiy via his fund Altair. The fund now holds a 35% stake in the startup, the news agency RIA Novosti reported. The iOS and Android app, which is scheduled for launch in Moscow later …
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