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Be Careful Not to Buy a Fake Fragment of Russian Meteorite on eBay 18 Feb 2013 | 09:14 pm
I would have been immensely surprised if Russian people have not managed to find a way to make some unexpected profit off the meteorite event on Friday in Chelyabinsk. So it is no wonder that today we...
Are You 100% Happy with Any of Your Devices? 7 Feb 2013 | 09:17 pm
Yesterday I spent a couple of hours trying to sync my iPhone 5 with iTunes on a Windows-based laptop AND create a local backup copy. Really, a couple of hours is the time I could have used much better...
Russian Railways File a Suit against Apple 17 Jan 2013 | 09:13 pm
Yet another claim against Apple arrives from a railroad company. Last time it was Switzerland because of iOS 6 clock design, now it is the Russian Railways, the monopoly that happens to be one of the ...
Google Celebrates Orthodox Christmas 7 Jan 2013 | 08:50 pm
Today Google is celebrating Orthodox Christmas with a special doodle: exactly the same doodle as the one that was displayed in mostly Catholic countries is now presented to users in Russia at google.r...
Happy New iPhone 5 Owners Unable to Use Them in Siberia 1 Jan 2013 | 09:17 pm
If you ask me, I am not really a huge Apple fan. I use their devices and there’s a ton of things that I can’t do without them at all but I try to be reasonable. And this is particularly true when I co...
Google Play Used to Attack the Largest Russian Bank 14 Dec 2012 | 06:26 pm
Earlier this week one of the largest Russian banks Sberbank was faced with a large-scale virus attack via Google Play. A malware app was distributed via Google’s store that enabled attackers to captur...
Russian Mail.ru Preparing International Expansion as My.com 31 Oct 2012 | 08:40 pm
Yesterday Russian Mail.ru Group announced intentions to expand its business to international markets instead of sticking to the Russian-speaking audience only. The company is one of the best-known bra...
Russian Legislators Start a New Internet Censorship Turmoil 12 Jul 2012 | 05:10 pm
The discussions of internet censorship are truly never-ending. The latest initiative in this field in Russia comes from the legislators: they suggested amending a law aimed at children protection onli...
Clones Do Win Even If It May Not Be Fair 3 Jul 2012 | 12:58 am
Last week’s news about Yammer acquisition by Microsoft for an impressive amount of $1.2 billion made me remember that I covered this startup rather extensively when it was launched at the Techcrunch 5...
Novosibirsk Raising Money for Monument to Steve Jobs in Siberia 23 Jun 2012 | 12:35 am
There’s no doubt that Steve Jobs was a real expert in all things PR and promotion – he mastered the art of product launch to the extent that even my mother can tell iPad from iPhone even before she se...
