An estimated 76% of Russian mobile phone owners are exposed to mobile spam, says a report from ESET, an international IT security company. Last month the company conducted a poll of members of its official communities on VKontakte and Odnoklassniki, Russia’s two leading social networks, and of ESET Club participants. An estimated 65% of respondents …
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Russia was the world’s sixth most dynamic market for mobile ad requests and impressions on the Opera Mediaworks platform in the second quarter of this year, according to the Q2 2013 State of Mobile Advertising report, which was released last week by the Norwegian company. In Q2 2013, the Russian market joined the group of the …
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Russian IT security solutions developer Kaspersky Lab plans to open a new US office in the Washington D.C. area to sell its products to the US government, Reuters reported earlier this month. One of the world’s biggest buyers of security software, the US government traditionally avoids purchasing Russian IT products out of fear that they …
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Russian iPhone users can now experiment with social banking – an entirely new concept in the country – with an app launched last month by Instabank, a Moscow-based startup. The iPhone app allows clients to transfer money to Facebook friends who also use Instabank, get notifications of new account activity, and add geotags and photos …
Gvidi, a mobile app dedicated to restaurants, cafés and bars across Russia and neighboring countries, won the Best Idea award earlier this week in an Android developer contest organized by Tactrick Mobile Solutions. The prize for the winner in this category is “support for the development of the product in question and its further development …
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Walkbase, a Finnish startup that has developed an innovative retail analytics solution, has received a seed capital injection from Russian and Scandinavian investors after four years of R&D. Neither the amount of the round nor the company’s valuation have been disclosed. The investors include Leonid Gluzman and Leonid Volkov, two Russian business angels, and Jan …
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Tinkoff Digital, а Russian developer of innovative internet and mobile advertising technologies, has launched MADNET, the first real-time bidding (RTB) platform in Russia for mobile devices. Tinkoff Digital is Google’s first partner in Russia providing mobile advertising impressions through Google DoubleClick Ad Exchange, and has also signed agreements with leading international mobile networks including SMAATO, …
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TMT Investments, a UK-headquartered venture fund backed by Russian businessmen, announced last week that it has invested $1 million in mobile advertising network Adinch in exchange for a 20% stake. Adinch has developed a “universal self-service mobile advertising platform,” enabling advertisers to organize campaigns on iOS and Android mobile devices and developers to monetize their mobile …
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Softline Venture Partners told East-West Digital News that it has just invested $500,000 in Apps4all, a company that carries a community of Russian mobile app developers with a variety of media, event, training, research and advertising activities. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. A $20 million fund, Softline Venture Partners is the venture …
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Russian businessman Oleg Tinkov last week announced the launch of Tinkoff Digital, an Internet company that will develop new technologies and products for the online and mobile advertising markets. Goldman Sachs will join Tinkov as a co-investor and shareholder in the business at an undisclosed share split. Tinkov and Goldman Sachs will initially invest approximately …
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SMS spam should be considered a medium-gravity crime, which implies punishment of up to five years in prison, suggested participants at a meeting last week which brought together Russian regulation and surveillance agencies as well as leading mobile operators. Telecom regulator Roskomnadzor also suggested changing the rules for providing telecommunication services and content.
Will savvy US consumers soon be navigating shopping malls with the help of a Russian mobile application? This vision of the future may well come to be in a year or two, according to Wizee CEO Anton Lebedev who exchanged views with East-West Digital News. Already available at the Apple App Store and on Android …
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