W3C, the international consortium developing web standards, announced today the launch of its Russia Office in Moscow. The office is hosted by the Higher School of Economics (HSE), which will help W3C strengthen ties to both industry and research in Russia and abroad.
After launches in a range of European, Latin American and Asian countries, Airbnb.com, the famous US online alternative accommodation service, is coming to Russia. The embryonic Airbnb Russian team is headed by Eugen Miropolski, who formerly held senior executive positions at Fast Lane Ventures, KupiVip.ru, and Groupon Russia. In an interview with EWDN chief editor …
No less than one hundred IT projects are at different stages of completion at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport. The projects have a budget totalling 2 billion rubles, or approximately $66 million, over two years, Domodedovo’s IT Director Viktor Ponomarenko announced yesterday.
One of the Russia’s most anticipated nationwide startup contests, Startup of the Year held court with a swarm of young entrepreneurs, concepts and high tech demonstrations last Thursday on the campus of the Moscow Higher School of Economics (HSE). The annual event takes place every December and is organized by HSE business incubator HSE Inc.
A surprisingly explicit retweet sent from Russian President Dmitri Medvedev’s Twitter account yesterday has ignited both the twitterverse and blogosphere with speculation about the behind the scenes mechanisms of the Presidential social media presence. The message, which ran, “If someone uses the expression ‘the party of rogues and thieves’ in his blog, he is a …
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The scent of Silicon Valley wafted in the air on Tuesday at the Russian Youth Innovation Convention in Moscow. In addition to gathering over 800 aspiring entrepreneurs from all over the country, the event attracted such international celebrities as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Gmail creator Paul Bucheit, Angry Birds founder Peter Vesterbacka and Virgin Galactic …
Held for the first time last week in Moscow, the Internet Life Conference made a splash in the nascent startup community by offering insight on current Internet trends, online strategies and solutions. The conference was organized by CareerLab, a specialized educational center in the field of software engineering and ALM solutions, in partnership with Microsoft, IBM and a number …
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Get out of the way Doodle Jump and Zombieville U.S.A.: Russian players in the booming mobile application and game markets are beginning to assert themselves – with world-class products as their ammunition. Among the emerging players are traditional mobile content companies Dynamic Pixels, Herocraft and i-Free, or Game Insight, which originally focused on social games. …
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Since launching operations a year ago, Fast Lane Ventures has affirmed itself as one of the most active investors on the Russian Internet scene. Among its most notable startups have been online shoe retailer Sapato.ru, daily deal site KupiBonus.ru, airfare search service Jizo.ru, real estate database Domgeo.ru and Q&A content provider Relevant Media. Fast Lane co-founder …
AlterGeo, a Russian startup inspired by the Foursquare concept, announced yesterday it has opened a representative office in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, where it already counts 60,000 registered users. The Moscow based company has also opened an office in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second largest city, as well. The Kiev office is the company’s first …
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Moscow residents Andrey and Natalya Lopukhov have been charged with Internet video piracy, with Russian and international copyright owners seeking damages estimated at over 38 billion rubles, or $1.26 billion. The Russian Office of the Prosecutor General ordered the couple to be arraigned in court on criminal charges, the Russian press reported last week.
The Russian startup scene took another step towards becoming an international platform last week with the launch of TexDrive, Moscow’s first international mentor-led startup accelerator program. Among TexDrive co-founders are startup accelerator veteran Jon Bradford from Cambridge, UK, and Andrey Kessel, a Russian born entrepreneur and investor also living in Cambridge. Joining them is Alexander …
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