The Russian edition of Elle magazine has launched a full-fledged online store. Instead of using affiliated stores, Elle.ru allows users to stay on the site to complete their orders and make payment. A call center provides online shoppers with assistance.
The Skolkovo Innovation Prize contest received 2,318 submissions from a total of 10,681 participants. The contest, conducted in partnership with Cisco, is designed to attract talented inventors to Skolkovo, the state-sponsored innovation hub under construction near Moscow.
Softline Venture Partners, a fund owned by Softline, a leader on the Russian software licensing market, has invested an additional $500,000 in Emegamall to take a controlling stake in the company. The transaction was based on a valuation of $2 million, reports Oborot.ru, a specialized online resource.
In a speech dedicated to Internet freedom in the world, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced yesterday that the Department of State would open Twitter accounts in several new languages, including Russian.
In an effort to combat child pornography and extremism on Russia’s Internet, several organizations in Russia have formed the non-commercial partnership Safe Internet League. The league aims to conduct educational campaigns and establish practical measures for preventing and detecting harmful content on the Web. It can be joined by any commercial or non-governmental organizations, as …
Groupon Russia has made its offer available in “Cool discounts,” an application of Odnoklassniki.ru, a leading Russian-language social network.
MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator, has launched an online payment system allowing MasterCard and Visa cardholders to pay for hundreds of services both related and unrelated to their MTS mobile accounts.
Three of the largest international satellite equipment manufacturers – Hughes, ViaSat and Newtec are competing for the right to participate in a Russian state project to provide high-speed access to information networks via satellite to remote regions of Russia.
Sibirtelecom, a leading telecommunications operator in Siberia, announced that its Tvist Internet and digital TV packaged service is now available to subscribers in the Altai Republic. The service is based on IPTV technology and is designed for the mass consumer market.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s Twitter and LiveJournal accounts have been named the best blogs of the Russian-language Internet at the 2011 Runet Blog award ceremony.
Spending for advertisements on the Russian-language Internet grew to 21.86 billion rubles ($729 million) in 2010, an increase of 40% from 2009, estimates MindShare Interaction. The global media network said further that Russian retailers were the biggest spenders last year: their total outlay alone increased by 67%.
Witology, a company specializing in the development and practical application of crowdsourcing technologies (methods of collective problem solving), reached an agreement with ONEXIM Group and Sputnik Group for investment in further crowdsourcing research. ONEXIM Group is owned by Mikhail Prokhorov, a prominent Russian billionaire and owner of the New Jersey Nets, an American basketball team.
