Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has been reported as lamenting the fact that while Google and Yandex are vast archives for storing everyday user-generated “art,” the organization of this information is a “complete mess” and needs to be channeled to a more civilized place.” “We have devoted a lot of time to debate about whether Russia …
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Nigma.ru, a little known but innovative Russian search engine, could make a Vietnamese version of its service available as soon as April 1 under the domain name Itim.vn, meaning “I seek” in Vietnamese.
After compiling a list of the “Top 50 Most Innovative Companies” worldwide last month, which included Yandex and Kaspersky Lab, U.S. business magazine Fast Company has now issued a ranking of the “Ten Most Innovative Companies in Russia.”
Russian search engine Yandex may go public on NASDAQ in June or July 2011, trading shares amounting to $1 billion, reported Bloomberg and Russian business daily Vedomosti. According to unnamed sources, the IPO would be managed by Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley.
Two Russian IT giants, Yandex, the leading Russian-language search engine, and Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of IT security and threat management solutions, have been ranked among the Top 50 Most Innovative Companies worldwide by U.S. business magazine Fast Company. Yandex took the 26th place in the ranking and Kaspersky Lab the 32nd.
Dreaming to see the Hermitage’s impressionist collection but wary of catching a cold in a St. Petersburg winter blizzard? Longing to commune with Rublev’s icons in the Tretyakov Gallery but daunted by the expense of travel to the Russian capital? Now art lovers anywhere can realize their dreams of getting a closer look at major …
Rambler, a major Russian Internet portal, is holding talks with Yandex, Russia’s leading search engine, and Google regarding replacing its search engine with a partner tool. Yandex management says the company is interested in big sites with high-density traffic. Rambler is most likely to opt for Google’s search system. According to information already available, Rambler …
In 2010, Russian search engine Yandex remained by far the leading search engine on the Russian-language Internet. According to LiveInternet.ru, a leading website traffic ranking site, Yandex generated 64.1% of all visits to other sites generated by search engines from December 2009 to December 2010, an increase of 5.2 points over the previous year. Google’s …
