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Russia’s Google equivalent is building a self-driving shuttle
The Google equivalent in every major market where Google doesn’t really play is making a self-driving car of some kind, and Russia is the latest to join the fray. Yandex is the company in question, which operates Russia’s leading search engine, along with a host of other going concerns. Add to that list a driverless minibus, which the tech company is creating in partnership… Read More
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The fintech world beyond Silicon Valley and Europe: Emerging market contenders
According to a recent study by Accenture, investments in fintech hit $5.3 billion in the first quarter of this year (having grown 75 percent in 2015, exceeding $22 billion). These are staggering figures for a still nascent industry, which can have a monumental impact on all sectors, from lending and investments to savings and payments. Read More
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Russia’s Regulators: Google Has Until November 18th To Play Fair
Early last month, Russia’s FAS (Federal Antimonopoly Service) stated that Google had violated Russian competition rules with its stock apps in Android. The folks complaining happen to be Google’s biggest competition in Russia…Yandex. Today, the FAS announced that Google has until November 18 “to eliminate the violation of the law on protection of competition in terms… Read More
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Russia Says Google Has “Violated Competition Rules” With Android, Yandex Stock Jumps
Back in February, the “Google of Russia,” Yandex, filed an antitrust complaint with Russia’s watchdog agency (FAS) over Google’s leverage with what comes pre-installed on Android. Specifically, the fact that Google is the default search engine rubbed Yandex the wrong way. See, Yandex has a 60 percent search hold overall, but Android phones account for 86 percent of… Read More
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Yandex Launches Yandex.Radio, A Curated Free Music Service For Russian Users
Amid reports that Russia will be one of the first countries to get access to the new music service that Apple is reportedly launching next week, Russian search giant Yandex is enhancing its own. Today it announced Yandex.Radio, an ad-supported streaming music service that provides around 100 ready-made “stations” to users organised around moods and themes, initially available… Read More
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Mozilla Extends Its Default Google Search Blockout, Signs Up Yandex In Turkey
Mozilla last November made waves when it swapped out Google as the default search engine in its Firefox browser in the U.S., replacing it with Yahoo, and put Yandex in for Google in Russia at the same time. Today Mozilla announced an expansion of that strategy: Yandex will now also be the default search option in Turkey, once again replacing Google. Relatively speaking, Turkey is not… Read More
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In Russia, Yandex Files Antitrust Complaint Against Google Over Search On Android Devices
More antitrust woe for Google on the international front. Search giant Yandex, often described as the “Google of Russia”, has filed a request with Russia’s antimonopoly regulator to investigate Google over possible violations of Russia’s antitrust laws. Specifically, it wants the regulator to look at Google’s Android operating system and how Google bundles… Read More
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Russia’s Yandex Now Has A Parking App
Russia’s search and Internet services giant Yandex has launched a parking app for iOS and Android, called Yandex.Parking — initially in Moscow where traffic congestion (in)famously makes parking a particular headache. Read More
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Yandex Buys Sovetnik To Expand Its E-Commerce Business With Better Recommendations
Another acquisition for Yandex, this one to help the online search giant — known as the Google of Russia — build out its Yandex.Market shopping portal. It has bought Sovetnik, a Russian startup that has developed an e-commerce browser extension of the same name. Sovetnik (which means ‘advisor’ in Russian) currently has 2 million users. It tracks products that… Read More
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Yandex Gives Its Browser A Minimalist Makeover
Russian tech giant Yandex has launched a refreshed version of its Chromium-based browser that’s been designed to make the browser itself feel less visible to web users. Read More
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Yandex.Master Wants To Clean Up In Russia’s Home Services Market
Yandex, the ‘Google of Russia’ that has made inroads into areas like mapping, mobile, cloud storage and a variety of apps (like its U.S. counterpart), is today launching its newest effort to build out a service based on its core search business: it is launching Yandex.Master, a platform for individuals to find and hire contractors for home jobs and small errands. Read More
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Yandex’s New Local Search App, Yandex.City, Goes Where No Yelp Has Gone Before
Yandex, Russia’s answer to Google, continues apace with its strategy to launch more products that stretch it beyond basic search. Today, it is tackling the business of local search with Yandex.City, an iOS, Android and web app that aggregates user reviews on restaurants, bars, shops, auto mechanics and more and then plots the results on a map based on what you’re looking for… Read More
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Yandex Acquires Auto.Ru For $175M, Adding Car Classifieds To Its Search Business
Yandex, the search engine often called the Google of Russia, announced another acquisition today that will extend its business into another vertical: it’s buying Auto.ru, an online classifieds business for selling cars, for $175 million in cash. This will add to Yandex’s existing efforts in the automotive sector, where it has a portal aggregating classified listings across a… Read More
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Yandex Offers Fee-Free Android Firmware Kit So OEMs Can Ditch Google Services
Continuing to diversify beyond search, Russian tech giant Yandex has today launched a complete firmware kit for Android smartphones — called Yandex.Kit — that offers an alternative suite of Yandex services for OEMs and carriers wanting to try their hand at going it alone without Google. Read More
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