European email trends: Hotmail leads pack but Gmail catching fast
Hotmail remains the most used web-based email service across Europe, but Gmail, Yahoo and Mail.ru are catching fast, according to new research.
Russia
World’s third biggest spam botnet “taken down”
A botnet called “Grum”, which was responsible for over 18% of all the world’s spam email, has officially been shut down, according to a new report. Online security firm FireEye worked with local internet service providers and spam-tracking service SpamHaus, they were able to locate the “Grum”-net command and control servers in Panama, Russia, and … [Read more…]
World’s third biggest spam botnet "taken down"
A botnet called “Grum”, which was responsible for over 18% of all the world’s spam email, has officially been shut down, according to a new report. Online security firm FireEye worked with local internet service providers and spam-tracking service SpamHaus, they were able to locate the “Grum”-net command and control servers in Panama, Russia, and … [Read more…]
Wikipedia shuts Russian site in government protest
Wikipedia has shut down its Russian-language site for 24 hours to protest against a Bill that would give the Russian government sweeping powers to blacklist certain sites.
Russia: Samsung Galaxy S3 ‘more awaited smartphone than Apple iPhone 5’
Ahead of the launch of the new smartphone Samsung Galaxy S3 Hi-Tech@Mail.Ru conducted a survey of its readers revealing that Russians are looking forward to the Galaxy S3 ahead of the iPhone 5.
Russia: Samsung Galaxy S3 'more awaited smartphone than Apple iPhone 5'
Ahead of the launch of the new smartphone Samsung Galaxy S3 Hi-Tech@Mail.Ru conducted a survey of its readers revealing that Russians are looking forward to the Galaxy S3 ahead of the iPhone 5.
Russian online payment service comes to London
RBK Money, one of the top payment platforms in Russia, have chosen London to base its new European operations.
Yandex adds Twitter feed and social tools to search results
Russian search giant Yandex has struck a deal with Twitter, giving searchers immediate access to as many as 250 million daily tweets.
Yandex replaces Bing for default search on Windows Phones in Russia
Yandex has become the default search engine on Windows Phone-based handsets in Russia.
Infographic: Online gaming soars in Russia
Russia has a total internet population of 46 million, 82% of which are is gaming, according to new data.