It was a big year for technology: Twitter and Facebook’s popularity exploded, while new smartphones, e-readers and a host of other gadgets cropped up to compete for our plugged-in affection. Read the rest of this entry »

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A small Missouri company with the word “Bing” in its name has sued Microsoft for branding its search engine with the same word, alleging trademark infringement and unfair competition by the software giant. Read the rest of this entry »

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We reported that Google would be replacing Russian search leader Yandex as the default search engine and ad server on Mail.ru, the most popular online destination in the country with more than 50 million unique monthly users. Read the rest of this entry »

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Marketers  continue to reallocate spend from traditional media into online. Read the rest of this entry »

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A Russian Internet group, Digital Sky Technologies, has offered to invest $200 million in Facebook Read the rest of this entry »

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Yesterday, September 2, experienced a failure of all sites belonging to the company Rambler. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: company, e-mail, Gmail, Google, Lenta.ru, Moscow, portal, Rambler, search engine, servers, service, users, Web

Ukrainian Association of Internet advertising (UAIR) reported on its accession to the ranks of Google. Read the rest of this entry »

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Yandex owners buy shares in the company. Read the rest of this entry »

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