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Russian-made smartphone sensor to detect cancer cells and diagnose HIV

October 6, 2015

Russian scientists Dmitry Fedyanin and Yury Stebunov have created a new sensor that can detect cancer cells and diagnose diseases such as HIV, hepatitis, and herpes in the comfort of your own home. “We are using a nano-mechanical circuit with a very high sensitivity,” Fedyanin told RBTH. Previously, such technologies worked only under low temperature …

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US-Russia Innovation Corridor takes Russian medtech startups to Philadelphia

February 12, 2016

Although the relations between the two powers have reached historic lows, US-Russian cooperation in scientific and technological fields is still partly alive. Thus the US-Russia Innovation Corridor (USRIC) — a cooperation framework created by Nizhny Novgorod and Maryland universities in early 2013 — announced yesterday the participants in its Fall 2015 MedTech program. These five Russian startups …

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Yandex opens commercial office in Shanghai

February 13, 2016

As a growing number of Chinese e-commerce companies are entering the Russian market, or considering to do so, Russian search giant Yandex has opened an office in Shanghai. Last week a company representative indicated that Yandex is renting office in a business center with several people, “but the staff will be expanded progressively as the number …

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Online classifieds service Prodai.ru secures $500,000 from wood industry businessman

February 14, 2016

Russian online classifieds site Prodai.ru has raised half a million US dollars from an unnamed investor from the wood industry, online publication Rusbase reported earlier this month. The funding will be used for expansion across Russia, with the Siberian regions of Kemerovo, Novokuznetsk and Chita targeted in the short term, Valery Vorobyev, the site’s founder, told …

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Telegram now seeing 12 billion daily messages, up from 1 billion in February

February 14, 2016

Pro-privacy secure messaging app Telegram is seeing some impressive usage growth this year. Here at TechCrunch Disrupt SF founder Pavel Durov revealed on stage the platform is now seeing 12 billion messages sent daily — up from two billion back in May, and 1 billion in February. Its monthly active users figure remains around 60 million, as it was in May, so the …

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Sberbank and Uber agree financial technology partnership

March 2, 2017

Earlier this month Sberbank, Russia’s national savings bank, and Uber announced that they signed a Memorandum of Understanding “to explore the co-development of financial technology with global potential.” For example, Uber could use Sberbank’s sophisticated mobile payment technologies to improve the ease with which new Uber users verify their account and pay securely. “Paying for your ride electronically …

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Snapchat acquires Looksery in reported $150 million deal

February 14, 2016

Yesterday Snapchat announced the launch of “Lenses,” a new feature that enables users to create a variety face effects while making selfies. These augmented reality filters will allow you to change eye or skin color, alter your face to remove blemishes or look thinner. Behind these new types of avatars is a technology developed by Looksery, a startup originated from Odessa, Ukraine, with offices in …

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Russia’s anti-monopoly watchdog threatens to fine Google

February 14, 2016

Russia’s anti-monopoly agency said Monday that Google Inc was abusing its market position in the country and would face penalties, in a case launched by local competitor Yandex. The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) said Google had violated the law by pre-installing certain applications on mobile devices and could face penalties totaling up to 15 percent …

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‘Uber, Go Home!’ say Moscow taxi drivers

March 2, 2017

This past Monday, September 7, a group of Moscow taxi drivers gathered together for a protest against the app-based, ride-hailing service Uber. Drivers say Uber’s lower fares are a threat to their livelihoods, and demand that the company be investigated and prosecuted for “unfair competitive practices” that violate Russian law. Moscow taxi drivers are also demanding …

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Yandex launches new SEM offer with enhanced auction model and ad relevance ranking

February 14, 2016

Yandex.Direct, Yandex’s pay-per-click advertising platform, is changing its auction system and introducing new ranking rules for paid search results. Starting tomorrow, instead of a generalized second-price auction (GSP), Yandex.Direct will be using a Vickery-Clarke-Groves (VGC) auction to serve ads in the premium positions on its search engine results page (SERP) and the SERPs of websites …

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Yandex relaunches its mobile analytics platform with detailed ad tracking

February 14, 2016

Russian internet giant Yandex has revamped its mobile analytics platform with a new name, as well as ad and traffic tracking capabilities. First launched in 2013 as Yandex.Metrica, the rebranded AppMetrica also offers user interaction and crash analytics for Android, iOS and Windows Phone apps in real-time. With the new version, Yandex aims to offer …

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