Russia’s state-controlled telecommunications company Rostelecom informed the government that Google Inc. has moved some servers to Russia to comply with a controversial law requiring Internet companies to store Russians’ personal data within the country’s borders, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. Following a meeting in late March with the communications ministry, a Rostelecom representative who attended the meeting said that …
Perfume lovers now have an easy and affordable way to access a supply of over 350 top designer fragrances, including Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, Hermes, Gucci and Marc Jacobs. By subscribing to Scentbird.com, they will receive a new fragrance each month “in a sleek and beautiful purse-sized spray,” the startup promises. Subscribers can choose their fragrance based on suggestions from Scentbird’s “TruScent Recommender,” which leverages a database …
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Last week Kaspersky Lab announced that it opened a new office in Singapore. The Russian IT security solution provider is now represented in 31 countries on five continents. The new office in Singapore is to oversee national business development, while also becoming the future focal point for the company’s R&D in the region, the company …
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East-West Digital News is proud to announce the upcoming e-Days E-Commerce Conference, Russia’s first internationally-oriented industry event. The second edition edition of this annual event will be held in Moscow on June 4 and 5, in association the chambers of commerce of France and Great Britain and online marketing agency BuzzFactory joining EWDN as co-organizers and …
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With the European Commission’s antitrust complaint against Google, Russia’s home advantage in Internet search is evident. Shares of Yandex, Russia’s largest Internet search provider, were up nearly 13% in the last half hour of U.S. trading, while shares of its smaller Russian competitor Mail.ru Group were down 1.7%. Google stock rose 0.6%.
Illustrating the appeal of the Russian online travel market — which is estimated at $3.8 billion last year — an industry conference and startup contest will take place on April 28 in Moscow. The event, christened Travel Up!, is organized by Qiwi Universe, the startup acceleration program of Russian payment giant Qiwi, in partnership with two …
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Starting from scratch in 2008, Ulmart took just five years to assert itself as the leading Russian e-commerce site, generating $1.3 billion in revenues last year in a domestic market that reached or exceeded $17 billion. In spite of the current economic downturn in Russia, Ulmart expects continued growth this year and considers a Western …
eBay has become the first US company to say it will comply with the new Russian legislation requiring businesses to store Russian users’ personal data in Russia, business daily Kommersant reported earlier this week. Vladimir Dolgov, eBay’s general manager in Russia, met with a deputy head of telecom regulator Roskomnadzor last week to clarify “a series of questions” related to the law.
Russian Internet firm Yandex will reduce its staff by 3 percent and slash hiring as the country’s economic crisis forces the company to optimize its operations and expenses, a spokesperson for the company said earlier this month. Around 170 people will be laid off as part of cuts, Yandex spokeswoman Asya Melkumova told The Moscow Times. While this figure is lower than the 750 fired last year …
Houzz, a global website and online community about architecture, interior design and decorating, has launched a Russian version of its website and mobile apps, and opened a representative office in Moscow. The US-based company is starting in Russia with “over 100,000 Russian homeowners and over 3,000 active Russian home professionals,” according to Houzz’s Russian team.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov scoffed at a CNN report that claimed Russian hackers may have breached the White House’s computer system and accessed sensitive information pertaining to U.S. President Barack Obama, the RIA Novosti news agency reported Wednesday. “We know that blaming Russia for everything has turned into a sport,” Peskov told journalists when asked …
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Only 76% of global emails sent to local Russian mailbox providers reaches the inbox and one in four messages are sent to spam or blocked, says Inbox Placement Benchmarket Report 2014 prepared by Return Path. The results showed trends that are common globally, however, some were quite specific for the Russian market. As for the …
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