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Yandex builds powerful data mining and search app for social networks

January 15, 2013

Yandex, Russia’s leading search engine, is developing a voice-activated search application that retrieves and displays relevant data from Facebook or other social network content, TechCrunch reports from unnamed sources. The new mobile app, codenamed “Wonder,” will enable users to see results – including images – that feature places where their friends have checked in or posted …

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Russian Internet, telecom and bank giants experiment with Square-like payment systems

November 13, 2012

Last month, Yandex.Dengi (Yandex.Money), the electronic currency division of the Russian search giant Yandex, started testing a smartphone-based bank card payment terminal in Moscow taxis, in partnership with SellbyCell, a specialized solution provider. This new payment method, named ‘Yandex Kassa,’ is available to any Visa or MasterCard card holders, and does not require users to …

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Yandex’s fashion aggregator attracts up to 75,000 users daily; new aggregators to be launched

November 1, 2012

Launched just one month ago, Yandex.Garderob – a special section of Yandex’s e-commerce marketplace that aggregates offers from online fashion retailers – claims it has reached a daily audience of 70,000 to 75,000 users. Considering these figures a success, Yandex intends to launch similar aggregators for other product categories such as jewelry and other lifestyle-related …

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Ninety startups trade shares electronically through IPO Board

October 31, 2012

Six months after its launch, the IPO Board platform has attracted no fewer than 90 non-listed startups, enabling them to trade their shares electronically through private placements. An initiative of the Moscow stock exchange, IPO Board – also known in Russian as RII-board – has enjoyed the support of RVC and Rusnano, two state-owned organizations …

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Apple’s iOS 6 uses Yandex geo-search for Russia

September 19, 2012

Apple has tapped into solutions offered by Yandex, Russia’s Internet search giant, for the latest update of its iOS 6 mobile platform, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported, citing an unidentified source with knowledge of the matter. “Apple’s Russian map coverage is far from ideal, and therefore the company is drawing on Yandex technology,” …

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Yandex to launch its own browser as ‘browser war’ rages in Russia

April 19, 2021

Yandex, the NASDAQ-listed Russian Internet search giant, intends to lauch its own browser later this year or in early 2013, the Russian business daily Vedomosti learned yesterday from industry sources. In addition to the standard web version, the Yandex browser would be made available for mobile devices under iOS and Android operating systems. The browser …

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Yandex improves click-through rates, expands profitability

August 1, 2012

The users of Yandex and its partnering sites click significantly more often on sponsored links following the introduction of new targeting instruments in the third quarter of last year, the search company announced to the press on Tuesday. These new instruments include targeting by gender, age and other socio-demographic criteria. Click-through rates grew by no less …

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Google partners with Russian hosting solution provider Parallels to stimulate sales

July 11, 2012

Google, the US search giant, will offer AdWords vouchers of up to 2,000 rubles, or approximately $60, to any company purchasing Parallels’ solutions and having its website hosted by a Parallels partner. The offer targets small and mid-sized businesses in particular, in a bid to stimulate them to promote their products through contextual advertising. A …

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Yandex sharpens knives for international expansion, still seeking audience outside Russia

June 26, 2012

Yandex’s international ambitions, which began to surface publicly half a year ago, found new illustrations last week in informal statements made by the company’s CEO at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. “Our technical team has successfully tested technologies that will allow us to index several tens of billions of pages,” said Arkady Volozh, who …

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Facebook acquires Face.com; shareholder Yandex may get stake in US social giant

June 19, 2012

After weeks of rumors, Israeli face recognition startup Face.com officially announced yesterday its acquisition by Facebook. The exact terms of the deal were not disclosed, but two unnamed sources familiar with it told AllthingsD that the price was in the neighborhood of $60 million. The amount is significantly below the $100 million that had been rumored previously, but almost three …

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Israeli startup TimeBooker receives funding from Yandex

March 6, 2012

Last week, Yandex announced it will provide seed funding to TimeBooker, an Israeli startup which intends to serve small and mid-sized service companies with an innovative booking solution. The seed funding, which industry blogger Yakov Sadchikov thinks is “in the range between $50,000 and $100,000,” will be brought under the Yandex.Factory program.

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