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$17 Thousand for a Few Online Hours on iPhone in Roaming

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:38:40 +0000

Last week the blogosphere in Russia discussed yet another interesting topic regarding the famous Appleâ��s device and a huge bill sent to one of subscribers of a local mobile carrier for some international exuberance. And since the summer full of vacations abroad is in full play, the story quickly got to be a very hot [...] ...»

Russian Village Almost Got Named after a Torrent Website in a Publicity Stunt

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:38:59 +0000

I know this may sound ridiculous and even unbelievable but the story has actually received huge attention in the Russian news sources and blogs â�� as it the story is actually true. Iâ��ve checked, the news is not dated April 1st no matter how appropriate it could be for the day but the entire Russian [...] ...»

How Targeted Are Targeted Ads These Days?

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:03:41 +0000

If a person knows anything at all about internet business, they certainly know that those numerous web sites they visit every day are mostly supported by advertising – those flashy banners that are everywhere these days. But since no one ever clicks those “You are one millionth visitor, click here for your prize” banners, everyone [...] ...»

Bureaucrats Now Have a Social Network of Their Own in Russia

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:10:12 +0000

It is quite obvious that the social networking boom of the recent years has resulted in abundance of social networks that probably cover all the niches of society. It is quite obvious that in some countries (like Russia where I live) this process is taking longer than it did in the US because all the [...] ...»

So Which One Is Stronger: Traditional Media or Social Media?

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:30:20 +0000

If you have chosen internet as the place where you do business (no matter what business it is), you probably realize that some of the things that matter to you are hardly important for the rest of the world. You dream about things like getting to the front page of Digg or listening in person [...] ...»

Russian Professional Photography Booming Thanks To Social Networks

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:12:32 +0000

For quite a while I’ve been watching social networking booming in Russia and it has been a spectacular process here in the country with practically everyone now having a profile on at least one of the two major social networks – Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. One economic effect of this boom has been obvious for quite [...] ...»

Russian Users See Political Reasons behind Suspension of a Russian Politician’s Twitter Account

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:20:01 +0000

Today quite a number of my Russian friends on Twitter are discussing terrible news: a Twitter account of a Russian politician (in fact, working right here in the city of Novosibirsk where I happen to live myself) has been suspended for what seems to be political reasons. The account @sapelkin belongs to Vitaly Sapelkin, a [...] ...»

Posterous Offers LiveJournal Migration to All Those Users Still Sticking to the Dinosaur

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:00:56 +0000

As some of you may have heard already, Posterous is currently having a switching campaign offering one new tool to migrate from other platforms and services a day for 15 days starting on the 21st of June. Posterous, which positions itself as ‘the simplest publishing platform on the planet’, is aggressively adding a ton of [...] ...»

Android vs iPhone in One Family: Is It a Road to Divorce?

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:19:51 +0000

I can hardly describe myself as an Apple fan: every time I buy a computer, I consider switching to a MacBook but invariably end with something Windows-based finding quite a number of excuses for why I would not do that right now. I have frequently criticized Google here for many things in their politics toward [...] ...»

Moscow Schools Follow Google and Promote Usage of Apple

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:35:16 +0000

A short while ago the blogosphere and even traditional media were abuzz the decision of Google that from now on the employees of the internet giant may use operating systems from any developer but one – the exception being Microsoft. The reason is quite obvious: security concerns everyone seems to share about Microsoft. Of course [...] ...»