The Republic of Bashkortostan is a region a bit larger than South Korea. It’s part of the Russian Federation, nestled near the Kazakhstan border. And until recently, its residents had a hell of a time using smartphones. The Bashkir language has around 1.5 million speakers. The language is distinct from Russian – it has Turkic …
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Appnow, a Russian startup based in Tatarstan, has raised $2 million from Dutch investment company Maxforсing ВV, as reported by Rusbase.com. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Appnow enables restaurants, cafes and beauty salons to create their own mobile apps. An application for iOS, Windows Phone or Android may be created and automatically authorized by …
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Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, is preparing to expand beyond planet Earth this autumn with its subsidiary, the Skolkovo Orbital Launch Centre (SOLC), set to send satellites into space. “Our first launches are planned for October this year,” said Alexei Belyakov, head of Skolkovo Foundation’s space and telecommunications technologies …
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E-commerce professionals and analysts, as well as company owners and investors, are invited to attend the “Online retail analytics and business processes” conference, which will be held on March 17 in Moscow. They will discuss and discover new data collection approaches as well as the most efficient ways to interpret and use large amounts of data. No less …
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In an article last week, the Financial Times wrote that the concept of the BRICS group of emerging economies was dead, arguing that Russia and Brazil’s dependence on commodities exports had led to them being usurped by tech-heavy economies Taiwan and South Korea, leading to the creation of the TICKS (Taiwan, India, China, [South] Korea and South …
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On Moscow hotlines, a special program has been introduced to recognize the emotions of a caller, a Russian news site reported last month, referring to sources in the Moscow city IT department. The new software can analyze the emotions experienced by a caller, and also recognize obscene language. If such words are used, a specially-trained call center employee joins the …
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The head of the Chechen government, Ramzan Kadyrov, accuses Instagram of censoring his free speech. He says the social network deleted a post he directed at Russia’s political opposition. “Here is America’s vaunted freedom of speech! You can write what you want, but don’t touch America’s henchmen or friends of the State Department and Congress. …
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Yakutia is the coldest populated region in the world. Located in the northeastern part of Siberia, this semi-autonomous republic of the Russian Federation is home to the village of Oymyakon, a place known as the Pole of Cold that registers temperatures of -70 degrees Celsius. Permafrost covers a large part of Yakutia’s territory, and this is precisely …
Several startups from Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, will present their technologies in this year’s edition of the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show. Starting from tomorrow Jan. 6, tech lovers will be able to discover these devices in the Eureka Park zone of this international tradeshow. Focusing on VR technologies, wearables …
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Baikal Electronics has announced plans to launch the production of Russia’s first computer processor for civil use, the Baikal-T1, early next year. Targeting both domestic and international customers, the Russian processor will cost about $60 apiece, reported RBC, a Russian business publication. The two-kernel processor is reported to use a 32-bit MIPS Warrior kernel. The developer is expected to …
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HSE Inc., the business incubator of Moscow’s Higher School of Economics, a leading Russian university, has been listed number 14 in the world and number 7 in Europe by the UBI Global 2015 ranking. The results were announced in late November in London. HSE Inc. was the first start-up incubator in Russia when it opened back in 2006. …
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Ikea Russia calls for developers, programmers, business experts, retail specialists, designers and marketers to participate in its “Mega Accelerator.” The project — the first of its kind in Russia — aims to “search and realize innovative ideas to enhance customer experience in MEGA shopping malls and beyond,” the company stated. Owned, developed and managed by Ikea, MEGA is a leading chain of …
