Yandex research analysts recently released the list of the top 2015 queries for people, events, and phenomena in a number of categories. Not only does this list remind us what happened during the previous year but also what interested people the most. From the top movies of the year to the top searches for people, …
Yandex announced yesterday the launch of ‘Meteum,’ a new machine learning-based technology for “hyper-local and super-accurate weather forecasting.” “This new technology collects a massive volume of data about past forecasts made by external providers like WRF or Foreca, and compares them with the historical weather conditions to figure out the difference between what was forecasted and what happened …
Yandex launches “hyper-local weather forecasting” and “automated information agency” Read More
When searching for ISIS in Russian (“ИГИЛ”) on Google Maps, the result is the Moscow office address of the television channel Zvezda, a national network run by the Russian Ministry of Defense. The likely culprit is Google’s Map Maker tool, which it temporarily disabled earlier this year, after a series of vandalism acts. (According to Google, the …
Google Maps says ISIS is located at the Russian Defense Ministry’s TV station in Moscow Read More
On Oct. 25 Russian and Iranian communications ministers Nikolay Nikiforov and Mahmoud Vaezi announced that Yandex, the Russian search giant, was to start operating in Iran. “We are familiar with the powerful Russian search engine Yandex. We agreed that Yandex will open an office in Iran. The system will be adapted for the Iranian people and …
‘No, thanks,’ responds Yandex to government assignment to operate in Iran Read More
Moscow and Amsterdam, The Netherlands — Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX), one of Europe’s largest internet companies and the leading search provider in Russia, today announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015. Q3 2015 Financial Highlights(1)(2) Revenues of RUB 15.4 billion ($233.1 million), up 18% compared with Q3 2014 Ex-TAC revenues (excluding traffic acquisition …
Microsoft and Yandex, the NASDAQ-listed Russian search giant, announced today a strategic cooperation agreement to allow users in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Turkey and several other countries in the region to upgrade to a custom experience with Windows 10. In these countries, Yandex will be offered as the default homepage and search for the Microsoft Edge browser …
Microsoft and Yandex agree to deliver Windows 10 with Yandex search Read More
Last week Yandex, the NASDAQ-listed Russian search giant, launched an online video streaming offer on KinoPoisk (in Russian: “Cinema Search”), the movie and TV recommendation service it acquired two years ago. Inspired by US platform IMDb, KinoPoisk was initially an online database containing 100 million movie descriptions and ratings with associated trailers and user commentaries. …
Yandex backpedals on new version of movie platform after user fury Read More
Russia’s biggest Internet search engine Yandex said it could seek a deal with Microsoft to become part of its Windows 10 platform in Russia and potentially other markets. Such a deal would fit in with the Russian company’s efforts to expand in mobile search and diversify away from the weak rouble. Microsoft said last week it had …
Yandex says may seek tie-up with Microsoft for Windows Read More
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 …
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 …
Russia’s anti-monopoly watchdog threatens to fine Google Read More
The new Google icon was largely inspired by the work of Russian designer Denis Kortunov, US online publication Daily Tech revealed last week. Back in 2008 Kortunov was among a handful of designers to try their hand at a reimagining of Google’s visual identity. It is immediately apparent that the 2015 Google icon is a only “minimally tweaked …
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 …
Yandex launches new SEM offer with enhanced auction model and ad relevance ranking Read More
