Yandex opens B2B big data division in Amsterdam and Moscow
Data Factory comes online
Yandex, the Russian Google competitor, has for a while been quietly offering its MatrixNet machine learning technology to other organizations – CERN,…
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Russia’s Yandex unveils aggregated marketplace for household services
The search firm’s new Yandex.Master platform aggregates offers from smaller service providers, be they cleaning firms or other Taskrabbit-ish platforms like YouDo.
Yandex’s cloud storage service can now slurp photos from Facebook
Yandex.Disk can now import photos from and share photos to Facebook and other social networks — Yandex hopes the latter feature will help it strike deals with printing and stock photo services down the line.
Google and Yandex shake hands on advertising tie-in
Google(s goog) and Yandex, its main rival in Russia, have formed a partnership around real-time bidding for display advertising. The deal gives…
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Android users will get to install Jolla’s rival Sailfish OS, bit by bit
The operating system will run on some devices in the Nexus, Samsung Galaxy and Sony Xperia lines, and before that comes out a Sailfish launcher will be made available so users can get used to the UI.
Yandex offers apps-and-services bundle to help others build non-Google Android devices
Yandex.Kit, for which there are already two takers, includes rivals to Google Maps, Play Store, Chrome and more.
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Russia’s Yandex partners with Facebook in quest to create “social search” service
The Russian Google rival was already able to sip from Twitter’s firehose, and now it’s got an indexing deal with Facebook, too. This should help bolster Yandex’s position in Russia, Turkey and the former Soviet states.
Yandex’s alternative Android store helps Jolla’s Sailfish OS get off the ground
Jolla wants developers to write native apps for its Sailfish OS, but it looks like the platform’s initial boost will need to come from its compatibility with Android.
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CORRECTION: Yandex chief technology officer Ilya Segalovich on life support
Ilya Segalovich, who oversaw impressive work in the field of search technology, is on life support after falling into a coma on Wednesday night.
In its quest to take the Google out of Android, Russia’s Yandex opens new app store
The Yandex.Store will be preinstalled on various Android devices being sold in Russia and other core Yandex markets, and offered as a whitelabel store to carriers in the rest of the world.
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Microsoft down to fifth place in comScore’s global search stats, thanks to Yandex
Russia’s answer to Google may have a way to go if it wants to catch up with the search leader, but it’s just inched up into fourth place, knocking Microsoft and Bing down to fifth.
Applying search engine techniques to physics data, Yandex partners up with CERN
Russia’s answer to Google hopes to validate its core MatrixNet machine learning technology – until now best-known for improving Yandex’s search ranking – by handing it over to nuclear physicists at CERN.
Yandex latest to build an empire off Google’s back
Around the world, rival services are gobbling up emerging markets by rebadging Google’s software. Yandex is the latest, with its own Chrome-based web browser and alternative Android app store.
Russia’s Yandex offers cloud storage to rival Box and Dropbox
Yandex, the Russian search engine, has taken its cloud storage product out of its invite-only beta. Like Box or Dropbox, Yandex.Disk offers users access to their files from any device, including their Apple and Android phones. Users will get 10 GB of storage for free.
Yandex Adds Twitter Deal To Power Real-Time Search
Search engine Yandex is looking to extend its dominance in Russia through a deal to access Twitter’s firehose — allowing users to search millions of incoming tweets in real time. The deal gives Yandex access to Twitter’s firehose, and allows users to search it at twitter.yandex.ru, giving them almost instant access to vast troves of data streaming off the messaging service.
Russia's Yandex Searches For Mobile Growth, Buys SPB Software
Taking a page from its search counterparts in the East and West like Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG), Russia’s Yandex has scooped…
Samsung Inks Deal With Yandex For Smart TV, Bada Mobile Services In Russia
Looks like Russia’s search giant Yandex is following in Google’s footsteps once again. Yandex is taking its services to new screens by inkin…
Google’s Russia Problem: Yandex Is Getting More Popular
Market-leading Yandex has taken share from Google (NSDQ: GOOG) on its home turf in Russia this last year, comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) observes.
Russia’s Yandex Hit By Political Storm Ahead of IPO
Russia’s biggest search engine, Yandex, plans to cash in by going public on the Nasdaq — but its bid for the big time is being hit by concerns of political interference and revelations that it has handed private user data over to the Russian security services.
Yandex Files To Raise As Much As $1 Billion In IPO
Yandex has added its name to the growing list of companies that have filed to go public in recent months: The Russian internet company, whic…
From Russia With Two $1 Billion Deals?: Spotify And Yandex
The major Russian digital players continue to shape the online economy farther west.
In the latest examples…
A New Peek At Russian Search Engine Yandex’s Finances
Top Russian search site Yandex, which is frequently mentioned as a likely IPO candidate, is laying out a few data points about its business.…
Russian Search Radar: Yandex Buys Ad Seller, Quintura Targets US
Fresh from buying traffic info service SMIlink and opening a Silicon Valley R&D lab, Russia’s largest search site is buying display advertis…
Russian Search Firm Yandex Delays IPO Till Next Year
Yandex, the big Russian search engine, has delayed its much-anticipated IPO until next year, according to local reports. Earlier this year r…
Vish Makhijani Becoming CEO of Yandex Labs, Not Yandex; Company Buys Online Traffic Info Firm
Earlier today we had reports that Vish Makhijani, the SVP and GM of Search at Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), was leaving to join as the CEO of Yandex,…
Russia’s Yandex Opens Silicon Valley Lab, Led By Yahoo Search Chief
Vish Makhijani, the SVP and GM of Search at Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is joining Yandex, the number-one Russian search site, as the CEO of Yandex L…
Russia’s Yandex Buys Traffic Info Service SMIlink
Russia’s largest search site, Yandex, has finalised a deal to buy the national road traffic information service SMIlink for an undisclosed a…
Russian Portal Yandex To Do US IPO, Seeking $1.5-$2 Billion: Report
This should make for some fun S-1 reading when it comes out: Yandex, the dominant Russian portal/search engine plans to do a US IPO, accordi…
