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Russian scientists from Intersoft Eurasia have reported plans to
manufacture a device that will enable iOS, Android and
Windows 7 mobile devices to measure radiation and inform the
user of normal or elevated levels. Basically the dosimeter is
nothing but a sensor based on graphene, the material awarded with
Nobel prize in 2010. It will be [...]
Date Published: Nov 02, 2011 - 7:19 am
I have almost made a very spontaneous purchase today. I have
stopped moments before buying an iPhone 4S that claims to be
officially intended for the Russian market for an unbelievably low
price of less than dollarsignr700 for a 16GB model. But since I
hate to make purchases on spur of a moment and will [...]
Date Published: Oct 20, 2011 - 10:12 am
Personally I have never met a certified blogger with a diploma
proving their blogging skills and abilities. Not even at geeky
parties in the Silicon Valley or meetups in NYC. Probably I have
just never asked for a diploma but I suspect that most of my fellow
bloggers are self-educated in addition to frequently being [...]
Date Published: Oct 05, 2011 - 8:24 am
I have discussed here quite a few times how limited PayPal is for
users in the country I happen to live in, Russia. For those of you
who are not aware of the problem, Russia for PayPal is on the list
of countries with limitations where users are allowed to send money
using their credit [...]
Date Published: Aug 30, 2011 - 10:27 am
One of the largest Russian mobile carriers Megafon and the leading
Russian search engine Yandex need to explain quite a lot of things
to their users today due to an unspeakable data leak as thousands
of SMS messages sent via Megafon website got publicly available in
Yandex search results. A lazy person in me who [...]
Date Published: Jul 18, 2011 - 10:38 am
I know that it’s not the 1st of April today and we are much closer
to May now but I could not help but check the calendar when I’ve
read a title in the local news today: a well-known retailer
announces availability of iPad 2 in the city where I live. But the
huge (I [...]
Date Published: Apr 29, 2011 - 5:30 am
It is no secret for people living in Russia that waiting for
official sales of Apple products to begin in Russia can take too
long and really leave you with an outdated version of a gadget once
you finally manage to buy it officially – only to realize a few
weeks later that a new [...]
Date Published: Mar 18, 2011 - 6:54 am
Russian celebrities are not really that different from every other
celebrity in the world in their hunt for PR. Logically, many of
them quickly jumped on the Twitter bandwagon when they realized the
PR power of it. Tina Kandelaki, a TV personality, is one of the
most active Twitter users among Russian celebrities as she [...]
Date Published: Mar 04, 2011 - 6:57 am
We in Russia are pretty much different from the rest of the world
when it comes to our holidays. For example, we celebrate Christmas
on the 7th of January and New Year is way more respected here than
Christmas. And I don’t even want to mention the Old New Year that
we still celebrate based [...]
Date Published: Feb 24, 2011 - 5:21 am
Exactly one year ago, on January 27 last year Steve Jobs announced
iPad at a press conference held for the device. The planned tablet
was rumoured for years before that as people realized it should
have been a logical step after success Apple had with iPhone. A
year later and numerous gadget of the year [...]
Date Published: Jan 27, 2011 - 5:05 am