Yandex, the leading Russian search engine has signed a deal with Kaspersky Anti-Virus to bundle their software free of charge into their desktop application, Ya Online. Kaspersky has an understandably strong following in Russia, where it was founded in 1997. Although the companies head office is still in Moscow, they have expanded globally with offices Continue reading →
Broken Link on Google.ru
March 19, 2008 By 1 Comment
Google.ru seems to have a broken link this morning. When you choose to visit Google.com in English it takes you to http://www.google.com/ncr – resulting in the following error page: Not Found The requested URL /ncr&ei=bNXgR7KsKo6iwgGmuKHVCA&redir_esc=www5 was not found on this server. Of course this isn’t a problem for anyone searching in Russian but annoying for Continue reading →
Russian Gmail Art Video
March 14, 2008 By 2 Comments
Reah Guevarra over at Google Maven stumbled upon a great advert by the Google team in Moscow. A massive Gmail art project involving 162 meters of gray tape, 45 lego pieces, 12 cans of spray paint, 2 kilograms of millet porridge, 1 mop, and 1 saw! It will be interesting to see Google’s level of Continue reading →
3rd Annual Internet and Business Conference CIB-2008
March 7, 2008 By 2 Comments
The third annual “Internet and Business” conference has been announced this week. CIB-2008 is by far the largest conference in Russia and attracted over 2000 visitors last year. It is attended by almost all the major internet companies in Russia, including of course the search giants Yandex, Begun, Mail.ru, Rambler and Google. The conference is Continue reading →
