This Friday, October 7, Moscow will play host to the 5th edition of Russian Affiliate Congress 2016 (RACE), an internationally-oriented event dedicated to affiliate programs and marketing. Featured in the event will be the following topics: Quality market innovations of affiliate marketing; Efficient affiliate marketing tools; Lead generation: new routes and maps, best practice; Forex and Binary …
Moscow city will replace Microsoft Corp. programs with domestic software on thousands of computers in answer to President Vladimir Putin’s call for Russia’s authorities to reduce dependence on foreign technology amid tensions with the U.S. and Europe. The city will initially replace Microsoft’s Exchange Server and Outlook on 6,000 computers with an e-mail system installed by state-run …
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Facebook and Global App Testing have teamed up to launch Russia’s first ever Testathon – a hackathon for testers – on October 8 and 9 in Moscow and St. Petersburg, respectively. Testathons aim to bring together the best testers in the world to learn from best practice, network and win prizes whilst trying to break …
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MIXAR 2016, a major conference covering the 3D, AR and VR industries, will hold its second edition in Moscow in late September. Held in Russian and English, this meetup and expo event aims to connect art, science and business. Some 5,000 visitors are expected. Featured in the agenda will be the following streams: ‘Expo’ will showcase …
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On Nov. 10, Moscow will host the Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Russia, a leading industry conference to highlight the current situation and future prospects for Blockchain and bitcoin in Russia. Among the expected speakers are developers of financial and technical services, financial experts and entrepreneurs, lawyers and investors. The agenda will cover the implementation of …
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International startups are invited to take part in GoTech, a major Russian startup contest, to secure investments from such leading funds as Runa Capital and Phystech Ventures. Application should be made no later that September 11 via GoTech’s website. The funds are mostly interested in IT projects from the following areas: Big Data and analytics, machine learning …
Moscow City Hall has announced the launch of its own version of online game “Pokemon Go.” Russians will be asked to find and “catch” historical figures in the streets of the capital via an app called “Know Moscow.Photo.” The game, which is due to be released in August, will use the augmented reality technology of …
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On September 29, Moscow will play host to the third edition of the annual international Internet of Things Conference, Expo and Meetup, in partnership with East-West Digital News. The one-day event will bring together developers, entrepreneurs and investors who will be able to meet key industry players and experts. The event will cover a variety of fields …
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Like cities throughout the West with Zipcar service, Moscow is a city with great potential for the car-sharing business: its traffic is some of the worst in the world, and parking in the city’s center — within the “Garden Ring” — is prohibitively expensive. Under these circumstances, many people did not think much before signing contracts with Moscow’s major …
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All Moscow buses, trolleybuses and trams will be equipped with free wireless Internet connection by the end of this year, news website M24.ru reported Wednesday, citing the city’s transportation authority Mosgortrans. Free Wi-Fi is currently available on 4,000 buses, trams and trolleybuses around the city. “The new service is gaining popularity among passengers. More than …
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Uber is teaming up with Russia’s Interior Ministry to help find missing children. As part of the campaign, the portraits of missing children will be painted on the sides of some of the cars in Uber’s Moscow fleet. The campaign launched on Monday, April 18. Uber encourages Muscovites to photograph its cars that bear the …
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Illustrating the growing interest of domestic and international corporations in tech innovation, AccorHotels will hold a hackathon in Moscow on April 23-24. To organize the event, the global hospitality group has teamed up with international startup accelerator NUMA Moscow and Microsoft. Participants will work in cross-functional teams of minimum three: one developer, one designer and one entrepreneur. …
