Russia
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A Look At Facebook's Potential For Growth In Japan, South Korea, China - Posted May 17, 2012
There's been talk lately about Facebook's growth potential among international markets. Much of this wil... [AllFacebook]
Catching Up With Yandex: What Russia's Leading Search Engine Has To Say About Schema.org - Posted April 25, 2012
In November Russian search engine Yandex joined Google, Microsoft Bing, and Yahoo! to collaborate on schema.org. The Semantic Web Blog recently caught up by email with Alexander Shubin, Yandex product... [AllTwitter]
Catching Up With Yandex: What Russia's Leading Search Engine Has To Say About Schema.org - Posted April 25, 2012
Update: Yandex today (April 26th) reported that net income in the first three months of 2012 rose 53 percent from the same period last year to 1.26 billion rubles ($43 million) as text-based advertising revenue rose, according to ... [semanticweb.com]
Yandex Partners with Twitter - Posted February 23, 2012
Yandex, the up-and-coming Russian search engine has struck a deal with Twitter allowing Yandex to post new tweets in search results in real-time. According to the article, "Twitter will give ... [semanticweb.com]
W3C Opens New Office in Russia - Posted February 21, 2012
The W3C has opened a new office in Russia. According to the official release, "The Office is hosted by the National Research University 'Higher School of Economics' (HSE), founded in 199... [semanticweb.com]
Russia's Yandex Partners With Twitter For Real-Time Search - Posted February 21, 2012
Twitter has inked a deal with Russian search engine Yandex to provide real-time search results to the leading search engine in Russia. The deal will give Yandex access to all public tweets directly from the firehose.
Russian users can now fin... [AllTwitter]
VKontakte and Facebook Play Important Social Role in Russian Protests - Posted December 8, 2011
If it weren't for the light bulb, groups of people could not gather together at night to work and read. This is one of the examples that Marshall McLuhan uses to explain how the medium -- or the technology -- is vitally important in creating new experiences for humankind. ... [SocialTimes.com]
Russian Search Engine Yandex to Collaborate on schema.org - Posted November 2, 2011
Yandex, Russia's leading search engine has announced that it is joining forces with Google, Bing, and Yahoo! to collaborate on schema.org. One article reports, "Now the pages tagged with Schema.org tags will be pick... [semanticweb.com]
Ruta Sepetys on Historical Fiction Research - Posted March 24, 2011
While researching her debut novel about Russia's 1939 invasion of Lithuania, author Ruta Sepetys interviewed survivors, isolated herself in a deportation train car, and endured a prisoner's immersion experienc... [GalleyCat]










