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What Russian Odnoklassniki Could Teach Facebook about Monetization
	Given upcoming Facebook IPO and the impressive valuation the company will most probably get, we can obviously make a conclusion that Facebook already knows everything they need about monetization. But yesterday I realized Facebook could be missing a huge extra revenue opportunity that I wanted to discuss here. I am perfectly aware that this revenue [...] ...»

iPhone and Other Smartphones to Measure Radiation
	Russian scientists from Intersoft Eurasia have reported plans to manufacture a device that will enable iOS, Android and WindowsÂ 7 mobile devices to measure radiation and inform the user of normal or elevated levels. Basically the dosimeter is nothing but a sensor based on graphene, the material awarded with Nobel prize in 2010. It will be [...] ...»

Deals Website Takes Preorders for iPhone 4S in Russia before Anyone Knows Availability Date and Prices
	I have almost made a very spontaneous purchase today. I have stopped moments before buying an iPhone 4S that claims to be officially intended for the Russian market for an unbelievably low price of less than $700 for a 16GB model. But since I hate to make purchases on spur of a moment and will [...] ...»

First Public Blogging School Opens in Russia
	Personally I have never met a certified blogger with a diploma proving their blogging skills and abilities. Not even at geeky parties in the Silicon Valley or meetups in NYC. Probably I have just never asked for a diploma but I suspect that most of my fellow bloggers are self-educated in addition to frequently being [...] ...»

PayPalâ€™s Epic Fail in Russia and Ukraine
	I have discussed here quite a few times how limited PayPal is for users in the country I happen to live in, Russia. For those of you who are not aware of the problem, Russia for PayPal is on the list of countries with limitations where users are allowed to send money using their credit [...] ...»

Thousands of Private Text Messages Leak to Web Search Results in Russia
	One of the largest Russian mobile carriers Megafon and the leading Russian search engine Yandex need to explain quite a lot of things to their users today due to an unspeakable data leak as thousands of SMS messages sent via Megafon website got publicly available in Yandex search results. A lazy person in me who [...] ...»

Large Russian Retailer Starts Selling Smuggled iPad 2 Officially and Even Advertises
	I know that it's not the 1st of April today and we are much closer to May now but I could not help but check the calendar when I've read a title in the local news today: a well-known retailer announces availability of iPad 2 in the city where I live. But the huge (I [...] ...»

iPad 2 Smuggling in Full Blossom in Russia
	It is no secret for people living in Russia that waiting for official sales of Apple products to begin in Russia can take too long and really leave you with an outdated version of a gadget once you finally manage to buy it officially "“ only to realize a few weeks later that a new [...] ...»

Russian Celebrity Has Her Twitter Account Stolen, Threatens Court Trial
	Russian celebrities are not really that different from every other celebrity in the world in their hunt for PR. Logically, many of them quickly jumped on the Twitter bandwagon when they realized the PR power of it. Tina Kandelaki, a TV personality, is one of the most active Twitter users among Russian celebrities as she [...] ...»

Google Openly Discriminates Men in Russia
	We in Russia are pretty much different from the rest of the world when it comes to our holidays. For example, we celebrate Christmas on the 7th of January and New Year is way more respected here than Christmas. And I don't even want to mention the Old New Year that we still celebrate based [...] ...»

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