‘Internet’ Archives
Twitter Skyrocketing in Russia (Stats)
Of course no one will argue these days that Twitter has become a huge online phenomenon and it influences lots of things for both end users, online and offline businesses. But how huge is it outside of the US where the trendy service is heavily promoted in traditional media? Russian internet giant Yandex has recently released the statistics (in [...]
Russia Considers Banning Sex Online in the Daytime
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 now. And all of a sudden, instead of seeing the familiar player [...]
How Many Innovations that Are Truly Useful Can You Name?
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 too much time in the App Store [...]
Evil Empire Is… Getting Government Support after a Hacker Attack
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 [...]
Mail.ru Removed Yandex Search but Google Is Not Getting the Market Share Anyway
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 than that of Google) has [...]
Inclined to Help Haiti Relief? Beware of Scams Already Here
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 it is totally understandable [...]
It Is Not the Question of Users Willing to Pay for Online Content, It Is the Question of Publishers Willing to Charge
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 heard [...]
iPad Will Cost Twice as Much in Russia as It Will in the US
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 want to read about [...]
eBay To Enter Russia, Hoping Localization Is Enough To Boost Sales
As soon as in March we in Russia will see a localized version of eBay. The company says they hope to increase the share of Russian buyers and overall sales via this dedicated local version. In fact, eBay is making a serious push to the European market as it adds five more countries and languages to its portfolio of localized versions - so it makes [...]
Brilliant Google Product Policy and Why Buzz Is Wise
Given how huge Google is and the giant’s reputation in the online business world, it is no wonder that everything that Google chooses to launch as a new product never stays unnoticed and gets tons of coverage in the blogosphere and in traditional media. The latest addition of Google Buzz is no exception, of course, as the blogosphere could [...]
