Anews, a global news-reading app with a built-in behavioral advertising network, is about to launch its service in Brazil, the company’s press service told East-West Digital News. This Portuguese version is coming in addition to the existing ones in English, Russian, French, Ukrainian and Swedish languages. According to Anews CEO Vyacheslav Masenkov, news aggregators now occupy about 20% of the …
Two Moscow-based funds, Emery Capital and Starta Capital, have invested $1.15 million in GeoCV, a startup which is developing a mobile app for creating 3D-models of interiors. According to Russian tech blog Firrma.ru, the funding will be used for sales tests in the Russian and US markets in the next few months. In a previous round …
With more than 85% of the smartphone market in Russia, Android continues to be the country’s favourite operating system. The great variety of devices within a $200 price range supporting this platform, among other things, has contributed to Android’s popularity with Russians who are happy to compromise some of their smartphone’s technical quality, such as …
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Last week Driveway Software, a Silicon Valley startup that provides smartphone-based telematics solutions, announced that it raised $10 million in a funding round led by Ervington Investments, a property of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. A smartphone-deployed telematics platform designed to reward safe driving, Driveway aims to “disrupt the insurance industry.” Its iOS and Android app, paired with cloud analytics, …
Russian taxi companies are seeking the imposition of restrictions on Internet-based taxi providers such as Uber, the Kommersant newspaper reported Monday. Established firms contend that Internet-based dispatchers are deliberately undercutting prices and operating illegally with impunity, according to Kommersant. “Aggregators do not have the same costs as we do: they don’t conduct medical examinations of …
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Inspired by the success of such apps as Gettaxi and Uber, two Moscow entrepreneurs have just launched GetNowBeauty, a mobile app that allows you to call to your home or office a hairdresser, facial aesthetic, hair removal or nail manicure specialist. To develop the service, former bank legal adviser and singer Anna Korona — whose real name …
Similar to other parts of the world, mobile devices are becoming the dominant way to access the Internet in Russia. For many of us, the accessibility to the Internet on our smartphones makes it easy to quickly access information we need in a timely manner or to use messaging apps and read the news during …
Mobile devices, platforms and connectivity in Russia 2015 Read More
In late June Tel Aviv-based Drippler, which provides personalized recommendations on apps, features, and accessories, announced that it raised $4.5 million in Series A funding which involved two Russia-connected funds – Titanium Investments, which led the round, and TMT Investments. Also contributing to the capital injection were iAngels, Reuven Agassi, Yanki Margalit, David Assia and Christian Gaiser. Selected by …
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The U.S. Justice Department has won the right to impound $300 million that it claims was paid in bribes by two major Russian telecoms firms to a close relative of Uzbek President Islam Karimov, news agency Bloomberg reported Friday. Justice Department officials claim that leading Russian mobile phone operator MTS and fellow telecoms giant VimpelCom …
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The U.S. has filed to seize $300 million that it claims was paid in bribes by two major Russian telecoms firms to a close relative of Uzbek President Islam Karimov in exchange for access to the Uzbek telecoms market, news agency Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The complaint filed by the U.S. Justice Department in a Manhattan …
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In June 2015 Russia launched the comprehensive project BrosayemKurit.rf (translation: Let’s Quit Smoking). The country celebrated World No Tobacco Day on May 31 with the release of another mobile application, “Smoke Free Area.” With the app a user can take a photo of an establishment where the ban on smoking in public places is violated and send …
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An international mobile and social game development and marketing conference, The White Nights Conference will open its doors for the seventh time on 26-27 June in St. Petersburg. The event will gather industry leaders from all over the world. Wooga, Twitter, Unity, Game Insight, Epic Games, Unreal Engine and more companies will be attending the event. 1,200 attendees …
