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 …
RBC, one of Russia’s largest media groups in the online, television, print media, hosting and domain name registration segments, is restructuring its B2C Internet assets, the group’s press service stated in an exchange with East-West Digital News. Managed by Media Mir, a company within the group, these assets will be reorganized into three distinct segments. …
“Cut the Rope: Time Travel,” a new chapter in the legacy of the award-winning “Cut the Rope” game, has held the top position in Apple iTunes’ paid apps charts since its release on April 18. The new adventure sequel has also staged a strong showing in the Russian Google Play store. As of April 24 …
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As Russia rapidly emerges as a new hot spot on the world’s innovation map, East-West Digital News, the country’s first international resource on digital industries, has teamed up with influential website The Next Web to offer its unique news and insights to TNW’s global readership. While a regular flow of news stories from EWDN is …
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Around 58 percent of Americans with annual incomes of $25,000 or more are prepared to invest in early-stage startups, according to a U.S. crowdfunding industry study by EarlyIQ, Crowdfund Professional Association, and Crowdfund Capital Advisors. They are prepared to support two or three startups annually, by investing around $2,000 in each. Americans making in excess of $75,000 a …
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Facebook has augmented its base of mobile game developers by a hearty 17 times over the past six months, and the social network spends “more time with app developers in Russia than in any other country,” said Julien Codorniou, the head of partnerships at Facebook EMEA (Emerging Markets in Europe and Asia). In an exchange …
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In a bid to promote legislative ideas and suggestions from Russian citizens, the Information Democracy Foundation (IDF), a government sponsored non-profit, last week launched the beta version of the Russian Public Initiative (RPI), a web platform inspired by the US “We the People” online petition system. “The implementation of RPI is the next step in …
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Russia’s largest social network, VKontakte – also known as VK.com – has appealed a court order to reimburse lost profits from a pop singer’s songs hosted on its website. This is one of many scandals involving VKontakte, which the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has accused of being one of the most important players in the audio piracy …
With 9.7 million users from across the globe in February, the Internet audience of RIA Novosti exceeded those of Spiegel.de (8.62 million users), Lemonde.fr (8.49 million), Independent.co.uk (6.4 million), Aljazeera.net (2.26 million) and others, according to ComScore. The Russian news agency has developed a strong social media presence, with nearly 860,000 fans or followers on Facebook, 415,000 …
TMT Investments, a UK-headquartered venture fund backed by Russian businessmen, has invested $350,000 in Graphicly, a US startup that helps publishers and self-published authors produce and distribute text and visual content on major digital publishing platforms. Graphicly’s self-service online toolset has been designed to reduce publishers’ go-to-market and ongoing costs. Once uploaded, Graphicly distributes the …
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Surfingbird.ru, the first mover on Russia’s nascent web content discovery market, could become a victim of its own success, having attracted the hostile attention of global leader Stumbleupon.com. So far things have gone relatively well for Surfingbird. Launched in June 2011, the startup secured a $2.5 million series A round just a few months later, …
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Intersoft Eurasia, a Moscow-based startup developing a smartphone-compatible dosimeter-radiometer, has announced new partnerships with two Japanese companies, Honda Electronics and Nisso Boeki, for manufacturing and marketing its product. The partners are expected to jointly set up shop and start selling the dosimeter-radiometer, christened Do-Ra, in Japan and across the globe.
