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ICQ quickly loses users, Telegram gets traction among international instant messengers

August 17, 2019

ICQ shed more than 30% of its audience in 2013, reported its owner Mail.ru Group, an LSE-listed Russian Internet group, in its financial report for 2013. The global instant messaging service’s monthly user total shrank to 11 million across the world as of this past December, a notable contraction from 15.9 million a year before. …

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26-year-old hacker responsible for massive DDoS-attacks sentenced in Russia

March 6, 2014

A man was sentenced to probation after being convicted for Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks as a result of Group-IB and the The Ministry of the Interior (MVD) collaboration work. Group-IB assisted in the investigation, collection, preservation and identification of digital evidence. The criminal business owner turned out to be a 26-year-old resident of …

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Russian CPA platform CityAds raises $5 million with international ambitions

March 5, 2014

Klever Internet Investments, the technology branch of a major Russian private investor, Klever Asset Management, has received a minority stake in CityAds Media, a Moscow-based international affiliate marketing and performance advertising platform, in exchange for a $5 million growth equity funding. CityAds, which is attracting private equity investment for the first time, intends to use the …

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Telecom regulator blocks access to “terrorist” pro-Maidan social media content

March 4, 2014

Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications (Roskomnadzor) announced yesterday that it has blocked access to 13 virtual communities of Ukrainian organizations on Vkontakte.ru (also known as VK.com), the leading Russian-language social network. “These communities promoted the activity of Ukrainian nationalist groups, including open calls for the …

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ImpulseVC invests in RTB SaaS platform

March 3, 2014

Last month RTB-Media, a startup that develops a real-time bidding SaaS offer, secured an undisclosed amount from ImpulseVC, a venture fund and accelerator launched last year. The startup, launched just six months ago, was initially backed by Alexander Minakov (Miralab.ru) and Daniil Kravtsov (Rizzoma.com, Tekliner.com) who invested 4.5 million rubles (approximately $140,000) in the project.

Yandex, Google to integrate RTB platforms – more advertisers expected, higher advertising rates feared

February 28, 2014

This past Wednesday Yandex and Google, the two archivals of the Russian search market, announced a “mutually beneficial strategic partnership agreement” in the field of online display advertising sales. As a result of the integration of Google’s and Yandex’s real-time bidding (RTB) systems, Google’s advertising clients will gain access to the advertising inventory offered by …

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Vkontakte shareholder drama continues: UCP to sue Mail.ru Group and Ivan Tavrin

July 20, 2021

The Vkontakte shareholder drama saw new developments yesterday as United Capital Partners (UCP), which acquired a 48% stake in the social network last year, announced that it is suing the company’s two other shareholders in Russian and international jurisdictions. The Russian fund is accusing Mail.ru Group and Ivan Tavrin – who bought his 12% stake …

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Online advertising maintained fast growth, reached $2.25 billion in 2013

February 27, 2014

Internet advertising remained the fastest growing advertising segment in Russia in 2013, the Russian Association of Communication Agencies (AKAR) announced yesterday. However, Internet advertising’s annual growth rate fell from 56% in 2011 and 35% in 2012 to 27% last year. The total volume of Internet advertising reached 71.7 billion rubles in 2013 ($2.25 billion), or …

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Spotify eyes Russian market

February 25, 2014

Since its launch in Sweden in 2008, Spotify has asserted itself as one of the most popular music streaming service of its kind globally. The company serves more than 25 million users and paid subscribers in almost 30 markets, from Western and Eastern Europe to the USA, Mexico, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. Spotify is not yet available to …

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US browser developer Maxthon announces partnership with Yandex

February 24, 2014

Barcelona, Spain – Maxthon, a global software company that develops state-of-the-art web browsers, today announced it is expanding its partnership with Yandex, Russia’s dominant search and web services provider. In a new agreement, Maxthon and Yandex will work together to offer Maxthon web browsers to Russian desktop and mobile users pre-loaded with several of Yandex’s top …

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Israeli mobile video platform secures $2 million from Mail.ru Group

February 24, 2014

Magisto, an Israeli cloud-based mobile video platform, announced on Friday a $2 million investment from Mail.Ru Group, the LSE-listed Russian Internet giant. The investment is designed to fuel further growth and customer acquisition. In addition, Magisto has integrated its offering into Odnoklassniki.ru, a subsidiary of Mail.Ru Group and the second largest social network in Russia …

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