Schools bomb scare: Delhi Police writes to Russian firm, seeks CBI help as probe intensifiedOver 200 schools in Delhi-NCR received bomb threats via e-mail, prompting police to contact Mail.ru via Interpol. CBI is involved. Investig...
Delhi schools bomb threat: Delhi police warns against false WhatsApp messages amid ongoing probeThe Delhi Police has cautioned against spreading false information and fake news on WhatsApp regarding the recent bomb threat at a Delhi sc...
Russia says Facebook outage shows why it needs internet sovereigntyRussia's largest home-grown social network, Vkontakte, has far more daily users in the country than Facebook and reported a spike in messag...
Reports of Chinese hacking of Russian govt agencies emerge ahead of Biden-Putin SummitIncidentally this report was published days ahead of a summit in Geneva between the Presidents of USA and Russia that could lead to a thaw ...
Russian 'anti-Apple' law requiring local apps takes effectThe initiative was introduced in an effort to promote the country's tech companies but critics say it is another bid to tighten state contr...
Russian e-retailer Ozon eyes nearly $1bn in US IPOThe online giant, which reported growth of 142 percent year-on-year in the first nine months of 2020, is aiming to capitalise on the boom i...
Alibaba sets up $2 billion Russia venture with Kremlin helpThe Russian Direct Investment Fund will add an unspecified amount of funding in return for a 13 percent stake, while Mail.ru will hold the ...
Kremlin cracking down on internet to muzzle critics, say expertsA move this week to block the strongly encrypted messenger Telegram, less than a month after Putins crushing poll win, marks a new stage in...
Nine email service providers that offer more features than GmailFrom outlook.com to Vivaldi, here are a few Gmail alternatives to try.
Google, Apple face Kremlin tax fire for ‘Milking’ RussiaPutin moved to tighten his grip over the Internet in much the same way he brought television stations and newspapers to heal in his first t...
How Yuri Milner's DST dug into Goldman Sachs' talent gold mineOver the years, Yuri Milner's DST Global has tapped into Goldman Sachs' nifty deal makers to strengthen its leadership team.
Yuri Milner in India to scout for startupsLast week, DST Global picked up a 9% stake in Ola valuing the company at $2.5 billion, only its second investment in India.
Russian tycoon Yuri Milner eyes Indian startupsMilner is expected to make investments of about $5 million each in Olacabs and Mumbai-based startup Housing.com, in his personal capacity.
South Africa’s Naspers may acquire RedBus; deal values bus ticket website at $100 mnNaspers may pay a rich valuation for RedBus — almost ten times its $10-million net revenue — given that the latter is a strong leader in do...
- Driven by India, Nimbuzz eyes 400 million users by 2014
Instant messaging platform Nimbuzz expects the Indian market to be one of the main drivers in touching the 400-million userbase mark in the...
Europe's tech startups spurn home turf for Facebook feverAfter years lamenting their local technology scene, Europe's startups and their VC backers are finally bullish about building businesses on...
- Groupon raises $ 950 mn to expand, reward investors
Groupon, based in Chicago, said in its SEC filing that it would earmark $345 million of the new investment to buy stock back from some curr...