Kirov city authorities intend to build a technopark specializing in information technologies. According to its plans, the Kirov technopark will be similar to Kazan’s IT Park, which is located in the Republic of Tatarstan. The regional authorities are carrying out a number of projects to develop IT technologies and promote the digital economy in the region. …
In a feint that has galvanized the Apple community and exposed an apparent flaw in the iOS, a Russian hacker has dodged official in-app purchase procedures and conned Apple’s App Store into letting him get paid content for free, Macworld magazine reports. Upon completing his hack last week, Alexey Borodin, the developer of the procedure, …
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The Moscow Seed Fund, a fund set up by the Moscow government to promote venture investment in local startups, announced earlier this month its decision to provide loans to innovative companies co-invested in by venture funds and business angels. A list of 12 such co-investors, picked on a tender basis, was approved by the fund. …
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Next month, Hyundai IT, a Chinese-based IT-focused subsidiary of Korea’s Hyundai Motors, is launching Russian sales of new Hyundai-branded tablets and has plans to localize the assembly of the tablets in Russia in the late fall, the Russian business daily Vedomosti reported last week, citing a tête-à-tête with an IT Hyundai source. Hyundai is reportedly …
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Saint Petersburg – IBM (NYSE: IBM) and five leading Russian innovation companies: the Skolkovo Foundation, Rusnano, Rostelecom, RVC and ITFY, have signed a collaboration agreement to help spur a new wave of innovation in Russian technology. The five Russian companies have joined forces to foster a culture of applied research and commercialization and attract key …
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This week, the Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, adopted controversial amendments to the Russian laws on telecommunications and information, with the stated intention of protecting children from online dangers ranging from pornography to “pro-suicide” and “pro-drugs” propaganda. Following a suggestion from the ‘Safe Internet League,’ a non-governmental organization formed last year, a register of …
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If you would like to be woken up tomorrow morning by a friendly stranger’s call instead of a typical alarm, this application is for you. Social alarm clock Budist.ru enables you to set up the date and time you wish to be awoken, and a volunteer will call you at that exact time. The service is …
The Russian computer game market is predicted to nearly double over the next three years – from $850 million to over $1.5 billion, according to projections from Electronic Arts. Although it is already the biggest market in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia is still far behind the global leader, the United States. According to the …
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The technopark of Akademgorodok will host three new incubators by the end of the year, dedicated to information technologies, biotechnologies and scientific instruments, respectively. The regional authorities also announced recently their intention to create a world-class innovation center in Akademgorodok with 16 R&D centers, in addition to the four centers already present.
A few weeks after reshaping its user interface with a new look and logotype, the Russian video portal ‘Rutube’ has launched a major overhaul of its services. Initially a copycat of YouTube, the portal is now strongly integrating its features with social networks, offering personalized selections of videos compiled from what a user’s friends have …
Having received the green light from the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) last month, Megafon, a leading Russian mobile operator, and Scartel, the WiMAX provider switching to LTE and operating under the Yota brand, are to become part of the same holding. The news, which Russian business daily Vedomosti reported yesterday from a source close to both …
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Knopka Zhizni (“Life Button”), a startup that has developed a mobile medical alert system for the elderly and the disabled, has raised “over 35 million rubles” (over $1 million) from Rintech.ru, a subsidiary of the diversified high tech group IT Co. Founded in November 2010 by MBA students of the Skolkovo Management School, the startup turned heads last …
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