| Most of the time Russian news agencies are not particularly eager to cover the latest gadgets (especially those introduced on another side of the ocean). The reason is simple: these novelties are rarely something that many people in Russia are actually interested in so why bother covering them if only a handful of people will [...] |
Archive for January, 2010
iPad Will Cost Twice as Much in Russia as It Will in the US
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on January 29, 2010
It Is Not the Question of Users Willing to Pay for Online Content, It Is the Question of Publishers Willing to Charge
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on January 18, 2010
| Yesterday both the blogosphere and traditional media were engaged in a discussion about the rumors published in the New York Magazine about one of the largest newspapers, New York Times, finally being close to making the decision of beginning to charge online users for their news. This is hardly actually news given that we’ve already [...] |
Inclined to Help Haiti Relief? Beware of Scams Already Here
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on January 15, 2010
| Every time that something appalling happens, I can’t help but gasp at the numerous ways various scammers instantly come up with to make some quick profit on such situations. Unfortunately the latest Haiti earthquake is no exception this time – and I have just received a proof of it myself in my inbox. Of course [...] |
Mail.ru Removed Yandex Search but Google Is Not Getting the Market Share Anyway
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on January 13, 2010
| Some of you may remember that late last year the blogosphere was engaged in an animated discussion over decision of Mail.ru, one of the leading online portals in Russia, to replace search technology by local Yandex with that of Google. Yandex (which is the leading search engine in Russia with a market share much higher [...] |
Evil Empire Is… Getting Government Support after a Hacker Attack
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on January 12, 2010
| Today the news agencies, mainstream media and the blogosphere are all abuzz about Google’s decision officially announced earlier today regarding the company’s intention to stop censoring search results on Google.cn, the search giant’s destination site in China. Back in 2006 Google was heavily criticized for their decision to agree to implement censorship on the site [...] |
How Many Innovations that Are Truly Useful Can You Name?
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on January 08, 2010
| The New Year vacation is normally the time when I reevaluate the results of the previous year and consider plans for the upcoming year. This year these thoughts are more or less focused on various tech-related aspects for two reasons. The first reason includes me getting an iPod Touch as a gift and spending probably [...] |
Russia Considers Banning Sex Online in the Daytime
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on January 07, 2010
| Can you imagine going to YouTube following a link on Twitter to watch some video recommended by a friend as a funny one (though NSFW) and since you are not at work, you feel perfectly safe clicking the link to watch it as this is exactly the activity you want to be involved in right [...] |
