Archives for the 'Mobile' Category
Files under: Mobile, News, Tech, Web 2.0
Posted by: admin @ 01:15 [9. 06. 11]
Intel Capital and Almaz Capital have led a new round of funding in AlterGeo, a Russian geo social service. Intel and Almaz invested several million dollar in exchange for a 25% stake in AlterGeo, valuing it at $20 million, according to newspaper Vedomosti. That could imply $5 million new investment. AlterGeo previously raised $1 million [...]
Files under: Enterprise, Inside View, Mobile, News, Tech, Web 2.0
Posted by: admin @ 06:24 [30. 05. 11]
Social game publisher Pixonic is one of the social game publishers in Russia. It was first funded by AddVenture. The Russian leading online travel agency Oktogo.ru venture capital investor Ventech as well as Kite Ventures of Edward Shenderovich and TA Ventures of Ukraine has put $5 million in Pixonic at a valuation of ca. $10 [...]
Files under: Enterprise, Inside View, Mobile, News, Tech, Web 2.0
Posted by: admin @ 08:57 [26. 05. 11]
Almaz Capital Russia Fund I, Russia-focused venture capital fund that is backed by Cisco, shall have returned all money to investors with just two investments, fund’s Managing Partner Alexander “Sasha” Galitsky revealed on twitter. Those investments should have been made by Almaz in Qik and Yandex. Almaz‘s first close was at $60 million. Then, Almaz [...]
Files under: Enterprise, Mobile, News, Tech, Web 2.0
Posted by: admin @ 05:17 [19. 05. 11]
// While Yandex will go IPO on NASDAQ this month, its popular Russian online map service is being challenged by 2GIS‘ Russian city guide and map services. Being available for more than 100 Russian cities, 2GIS has released its Moscow city guide and map service. 2GIS maps and city guides include more corporate information details [...]
Files under: Mobile, News, Quintura Search, Search Cases, Tech, Web 2.0
Posted by: admin @ 05:42 [13. 05. 11]
Besides Amazon appstore for Android and Vodafone 360 shop, the Quintura search apps for Android devices have been included in the Verizon Media Store in the U.S. Verizon Wireless operates both 4G LTE network and 3G network for more than 100 million customers in the U.S. Quintura offers mobile search apps for Android devices including recipe [...]
Files under: Mobile, News, Tech
Posted by: admin @ 12:12 [10. 05. 11]
// The Russian mobile phone operator Skylink and Rostelecom have announced the first-ever tablet PC with GLONASS dubbed Xpad. They demonstrated the GLONASS tablet prototype at Sviaz-Expocomm 2011 international telecom exhibition in Moscow today. The GLONASS-enabled tablet PC will use dual GPS/GLONASS chipset Qualcomm MDM 6600, processor ARM cortex-A8 800 Mhz, 512 Mb RAM, 3D processor [...]
Files under: Mobile, News, Quintura Search, Tech, Web 2.0
Posted by: admin @ 01:43 [6. 05. 11]
We have released Quintura visual search apps in iTunes App Store, Android Market and Nokia’s Ovi Store. Some of the Quintura search apps reached top 3, top 10, and top 100 apps in several markets. Today, one of the Quintura search apps has become #1 app in App Store. Our visual-based recipes search app Quintura [...]
Files under: Mobile, News, Quintura Search, Tech
Posted by: admin @ 15:56 [21. 04. 11]
Android is now an extremely important platform for mobile software application developers. A-Fund to invest $100 million in Android app developers is coming. That is why we have released Quintura search apps in Vodafone 360 shops in Europe and Amazon Appstore for Android in the U.S. Q Kids, Android app of Quintura Kids search engine [...]
Files under: Mobile, News, Quintura Search, Search Cases, Tech
Posted by: admin @ 11:45 [11. 04. 11]
The Quintura search apps for Android devices have been included in the Vodafone 360 Shops in Europe. The Quintura apps are now available at Vodafone 360 Shops in the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal and Ireland as well as at MTS app store (МТС Магазин) in Russia. Quintura offers recipe search (Q Cook), [...]
Files under: Mobile, News, Tech
Posted by: admin @ 16:36 [1. 04. 11]
The first mobile phone with GLONASS is now available. The smartphone MTS GLONASS 945 is retailing for 10,990 Roubles (ca. $388) at online shop of MTS, Russia’s leading mobile phone operator. The smartphone uses both GPS and GLONASS, the Russian global satellite navigation system. Thanks to using both systems, the phone shall have faster navigation [...]
Files under: Mobile, News, Quintura Search, Tech, Web 2.0
Posted by: admin @ 23:00 [31. 03. 11]
The Quintura search apps have been included in the Amazon Appstore for Android. Quintura offers recipe search (Q Cook), web and image search (Q Search) and kids-friendly search (Q Kids) apps for Android devices. From product description of Q Search on Amazon Appstore: “Q Search is visual search engine designed for Androids and tablets. With [...]
Files under: Mobile, News, Tech, Web 2.0
Posted by: admin @ 08:05 [10. 03. 11]
Forget about social game developers for a while. iPhone game makers are now the hottest property among venture capital investors. While 40 million+ users-played Angry Birds‘ developer Rovio Mobile is getting $42 million investment from Accel, Atomico, and Felicis, its Russia-based counterpart ZeptoLab (authors of very popular Cut The Rope game for iOS) shall be [...]
Files under: Mobile, News, Tech, Web 2.0
Posted by: admin @ 03:07 [11. 02. 11]
It is getting fashionable by venture capitalists to reveal new deals over Twitter. The leading European early-stage venture capital firm Mangrove Capital Partners has invested in mobile betting service Bettymovil, wrote Mangrove partner Mark Tluszcz on his Twitter. “Venture capitalists must look towards Africa….it is the real deal! (you will need to be flexible and creative)” [...]
Files under: Mobile, News, Tech, Web 2.0
Posted by: admin @ 04:29 [12. 01. 11]
// Zelenograd, Moscow region Nikolay Abkairov used to manage VoIP technical teams for embedded software developer Spirit DSP. In 2006, Nikolay Abkairov together with former Oracle executives Bhaskar Roy and Ramu Sinkara founded Qik, mobile video streaming service. The trio raised angel funding from Vijay Tella (formerly from Oracle and founder of TIBCO) who became [...]
Files under: Mobile, News
Posted by: admin @ 03:17 [21. 12. 10]
The online gamers may be tied of farm-like games. There shall be a different story for mobile phone gamers. Kaliningrad, Russia-based mobile game developer HeroCraft has reported that its arcade game Farm Frenzy (Веселая Ферма) reached over 12 million downloads at Nokia’s Ovi Store. Founded in 2001, HeroCraft develops and publishes mobile games and applications [...]
Files under: Mobile, News
Posted by: admin @ 11:11 [15. 12. 10]
Cut The Rope developer ZeptoLab has reached 3.5 million downloads of its game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The game was downloaded 1 million times only 9 days after release on October 5. The Cut The Rope game, which costs $0.99 at iTunes App Store, has been on top of App Store charts ever [...]
Files under: Mobile, News, Web 2.0
Posted by: admin @ 10:17 [13. 12. 10]
For now, anyone can create music with own hands and iPad. The iPad DJ music app maker MixxMuse has won the startup battle at TechCrunch Moscow event today. The MixMuse DJ HD app, which has over 250,000 downloads of its free iPad app since April 2010 release, sees some 10 percent conversion rate. The free [...]
Files under: Mobile, Tech, Web 2.0
Posted by: admin @ 11:05 [24. 11. 10]
The mobile Internet usage is exploding in Russia. There are over 30 million internet-enabled mobile phones currently used in the country. So, venture capital firms are seeking for the next “killer” mobile application. Runa Capital, early-stage venture capital firm that was recently created by Parallels and Acronis founder Serguei Beloussov and Almaz Capital Partners founder [...]
Files under: Mobile, News, Tech
Posted by: admin @ 06:41 [11. 11. 10]
The largest Russian mobile phone retail chain Euroset, which plans IPO in London in 2011, is selecting IPO managers, reported newspaper Vedomosti. The company, which may sell up to 30% of its shares, could be valued at over $2 billion. Founded in 1997, Euroset is 50.1% owned by Russian investor and entrepreneur Alexander Mamut. Russia’s [...]
Files under: Mobile, News, Quintura Search
Posted by: admin @ 04:17 [28. 10. 10]
GeekDad, popular blog at Wired, has named must have list of iPad apps for primary school education (children between ages 5-12 years). Don Donahoo says about Quintura Kids app: “This app is a search engine designed specifically for children. It is the perfect tool to start teaching children digital literacy skills and the ideas around [...]
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