Tag: russia
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Faster Browsing Via Chrome – Now On Android
Thanks to the lawsuit against Google, Russians are enjoying a faster browsing experience. This is due to the new widget that Google have developed as a consequence. This new widget is easy to install and gives you an option of which search engine to use. And strangely enough, the Chrome option is faster than the one you are…
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Putin Bans Russian Putin Memes
In not-soviet-anymore Russia… this just happened. Anyway, Vladimir Putin is not known for his sense of humor, so a lot of the good people from the internet make sure to remedy the problem by making funny memes out of him. Everyone has a good chuckle before going back to their daily lives. However, Putin, ever the…
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Twitter Reports New Raise In Data Requests
Ever since 2012, microblogging social media site twitter has been releasing transparency reports on how many requests governments and law enforcement agencies have made to the site in order to obtain data on users posting on the social network. the reports have been going up and up for a while now, as social media is…
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Apple’s Minimum Price for Apps Raised
Following the new implementation of local collecting of VAT in Europe, which sees online transactions being taxed in the country of origin, Apple has raised the minimum price of apps on their service in the UK up from 69p to 79p. The EU, Canada, Norway, Iceland and Russia have also been affected, with Apple adjusting…
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Samsung Z – First Tizen Smartphone Announced for Russia
Samsung has revealed its very first smartphone to use the Tizen mobile operating system and the handset named Samsung Z will initially land in Russia in Q3.
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Samsung Tizen Smartphone to be Unveiled at the Beginning of Next Month
According to a new report, Samsung will unveil its first commercial Tizen smartphone at a Samsung Unpacked event in Moscow. This event is rumoured to be taking place around the same time as a Tizen developer’s conference in San Francisco that will run from 2nd to the 4th June. The phone will launch specifically in…
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Google Doodle Response to Russian Gay Rights Controversy
On the opening day of the Winter Olympics from Sochi in Russia, Google uses it’s logo to make a colourful statement..
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Thousands Affected by Malware Virus in Over 30 Google Play Store Apps
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Mobile security firm Lookout reports up to 9,000,000 dodgy downloads have been made recently via the Google Play Store.
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Apple App Store Hack Allows In-App Purchases To Be Downloaded For Free
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A Russian-made hack for the Apple App Store has become available on the web, providing a way for anyone to grab free in-app purchases, which could prove costly for developers – which is exactly the intention of its enraged creator. Alexey V. Borodin created the illegal method which involves downloading fake certificates and connecting to…
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Nokia Pureview 808: 41-Megapixel Camera Phone First Shipment to Hit Russia End of May
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Nokia’s impressive PureView 808 Symbian smartphone starts its launch at the end of the month, along with that 41-Megapixel camera
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Nokia Lumia 710 Shipping Begins – But United Kingdom Still Missing Out
Nokia’s second Windows Phone is on its way – Well, at least on its way to some lucky countries today as the Finnish mobile tech co. has just revealed that shipping has begun for the Lumia 710, lightweight sibling to the recently released Lumia 800. Mobile buyers in Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, India and Russia…
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Nokia MeeGo N9 coming 15th of September?
Nokia’s shining knight, the N9, is possibly the most sought after Nokia handset in years – not so much because of the handset’s specs but more because we want to see if Nokia can raise themselves from their ever-crumbling empire and soar again. With this enthusiasm for the N9 comes a lot of speculation as…