Mobile & Telecom

Yandex puts Wonder on hold after Facebook blocked access to social data

January 31, 2013 January 31, 2013

Russia’s search giant Yandex has decided to withdraw Wonder, its new voice-activated search application for social networks, from Apple’s App Store, following Facebook’s decision to block it, rendering the app largely irrelevant. Launched just six days ago, Wonder retrieves and displays relevant data from Facebook or other social network content. As The Next Web noted, …

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Social photo discovery service Cooliris partners with Yandex for Russian market

January 30, 2013 January 30, 2013

Cooliris, a California based publisher of mobile apps for “immersive media experiences,” launched yesterday an international version for Russia. With its photo sharing platform Yandex.Fotki (Yandex Photos), Yandex, the Russian search giant, was chosen as a local photo hosting partner. This integration enables Yandex.Fotki’s 10 million users to browse, experience and share all of their …

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ZeptoLab and AlterGeo walk away with top awards at The Europas

January 29, 2013 January 29, 2013

Russia’s Zeptolab and AlterGeo were honored last week in Berlin at the finale of The Europas, a contest for technology startups that attracted over 1,000 companies this year from all over the world. The two companies have been judged as the “Best Russian Startups,” with Zeptolab getting two additional awards – the Best Gaming or Social …

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Yandex confirms Wonder app blocked by Facebook

January 25, 2013 January 25, 2013

Russian search engine Yandex has confirmed in a statement that its just-released Wonder app has been blocked by Facebook. The social recommendation tool that draws information from users of Facebook, Instagram, Foursquare and Twitter in the US was only online for some three hours before Facebook blocked access to its API. “We confirm Wonder app …

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From a cash economy to digital payments: Russia at the crossroads

January 25, 2013 October 7, 2015

Russia’s readiness for mobile commerce and the speed with which its mobile payments market has been developing have been hot topics for discussion of late. While optimists speak of the cell phone becoming an all-purpose payment terminal as a near-term prospect, skeptics point to Russians’ near-total mistrust of cashless transactions, the low accessibility of banking …

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Russian Railways get into mobile commerce

January 25, 2013 March 2, 2017

RZD, the Russian state-owned railways monopoly, has just launched a free mobile app offering train schedules and allowing travelers to purchase electronic tickets. A click-to-call function allows users to reach the company’s call center easily. In contrast with the appalling usability of the company’s website, RZD’s mobile app, which we tested, is quite convenient. A few …

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Israeli mobile solution provider Cellrox secures $4.7 million in Series A round led by Russia’s Runa Capital

January 22, 2013 January 22, 2013

Cellrox, a leader in Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Multi-Persona solutions for mobile devices, has secured $4.7 million in a Series A round led by Runa Capital, a Moscow-based international venture fund. The Israeli company’s existing investors, Previz Venture Partners, Columbia Technology Ventures, and others, have also participated in the round. The terms of the …

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St. Petersburg university pays tribute to Steve Jobs

January 22, 2013 January 22, 2013

A monument in memory of Steve Jobs was unveiled earlier this month in the yard of the St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO). The monument, which is about the size of a man, represents an iPhone 4, and is equipped with an interactive touch screen that displays highlights of …

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Smartphone adoption growing in emerging countries; feature phones still dominant in India and Russia

January 17, 2013 January 17, 2013

While smartphones have gone mainstream in many regions around the globe, adoption among emerging countries is still developing. According to new research from Nielsen, China is the only country among the high-growth BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) markets where smartphones are predominant, owned by two-thirds of Chinese mobile subscribers as of the first half of …

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Russian IT and telecom’s 2012 debacles

January 17, 2013 November 19, 2014

CNews.ru, a major Russian source of IT and telecom industry news, has put together what it dubs “an anti-ranking” of last year’s most disappointing developments in Russia’s information and communications technology sector. From delays in major government supported programs, to debacles in Asia, to 4G oligopoly, East-West Digital News highlights the most significant setbacks.

Russia to provide advanced telecom and Internet solutions to Bangladesh

January 16, 2013 January 16, 2013

4G, Internet access, and online services were among the topics discussed by Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her meetings yesterday with top Russian officials. “Russia is ready to share its knowledge, experience, and technologies with Bangladesh,” said Nikolai Nikiforov, Russia’s Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications. “In particular, we have gained a huge and …

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YotaPhone wins the CNET Best of CES Award for Hottest Mobile Device at the 2013 International CES

January 10, 2013 January 10, 2013

Las Vegas – Yota Devices today announced it won a Best of CES Award for its YotaPhone, the first dual-screen phone with a full-color liquid crystal display (LCD) on one side and an electronic paper display (EPD) on the other. Produced and judged by editors from CNET, the winners of the Best of CES Awards were …

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