Russia

Things are looking good for Russian search and internet services giant Yandex. The company, which controls around 60% of Russia's search market, posted some seriously solid financial results for 2012.Revenues for the year were US$947.1-million, up 44% year-on-year while profits were up 42% to US$270.7-million for the year. While ...

The latest State of Mobile Advertising report from Norwegian web browser maker Opera shows a couple of interesting trends, including the emergence of Russia as a mobile advertising power and the increasing importance of Android as a mobile advertising platform.The report, which is based on data from the ...

Social networking stalwart Facebook claims one-billion users. That’s around a seventh of the population of the planet. Sometimes it’s easy to believe the internet is comprised solely of Google, Wikipedia and Facebook. But what about more regional social networks, mobile social networks and specifically those with a strong foothold in ...

If you live in Russia, Australia, New Zealand and Spain, then you can now quench your thirst with a can of Angry Birds soda.The beverage, already a smash hit in Rovio's native Finland, is also set to launch in the UK over the next few months.According to The ...

In any emerging market country, getting people online is vital. Studies by the likes of Ericsson have concluded that for every 10 percentage point increase in broadband penetration GDP increases by one percent.That's why news that broadband access in South African has more than doubled in the past two years ...

Emerging markets internet and media giant Naspers has announced revenues of R23-billion (US$2.6-billion) for the six months leading up to 30 September.That represents a 22% increase over the previous six month period and is in no small part down the company's ecommerce and emerging markets online investments. In fact, ...

It seems that Russian internet group Mail.ru plans to go it alone in the new year. Its front page search is currently partially powered by Google, but sources have confirmed to Russian site Izvestia that the service will not be renewing its contract with the search giant in February 2013.Mail.ru, ...

Norwegian software outfit Opera has announced the launch of a streaming music service in Russia -- one of the markets where its mobile browser performs best.The idea behind the product, called Unlimited Music, is to “make music files available in a simple and affordable way for Russians, no matter ...

When it comes to online names in Russia, you don't get much bigger than Mail.ru. Now the company is looking to expand its global presence with My.comGiven that it already owns 90% of Russia's internet, it's pretty much a matter of necessity that the internet giant continue adding to ...

Multi-national mobile ad network InMobi is set to close up its operations in Africa and Russia.The San Francisco headquartered company claims to be the world's largest independent mobile ad network, with operations on five continents, with offices in Bangalore, Johannesburg, London, Nairobi, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Seoul, Singapore ...