The team of the VKontakte social network announced important news – early access to the monetization of video content is open. Administrators of groups and public pages will be able to receive money for advertising in their videos – at the first stage, communities are involved in testing. To join the testing, the authors of […]
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20 TV channels in Russia will start broadcasting for free on the Internet
On August 1, a law came into force in Russia, according to which two dozen TV channels must broadcast free of charge via the Internet. The State Duma approved the final version of the law in June, then it was approved by the Federation Council and signed by the President of Russia. According to the […]
Face Pay for payment by “face” in the Moscow metro: testing has started on ordinary passengers
The Moscow Department of Transport and Road Infrastructure Development has announced the launch of the “most important” stage of testing the “face” fare payment project – with passengers. Previously, Face Pay was tested by metro employees and project partners. As the developers explain, this is a completely contactless way to pay for metro fares using […]
Smart watches are in trend in Russia – sales increased by almost 50%
The retailer Svyaznoy shared interesting statistics on the Russian market of wearable devices in the first half of 2021. In total, from January to June, more than 2.5 million fitness trackers and smartwatches were sold in Russia for a total of almost 22.5 billion rubles, which is 16% more than last year in physical terms […]
Popular DeviantArt service threatened with blocking in Russia
The popular service DeviantArt, a kind of social network and platform for artists, photographers and illustrators, is under the threat of blocking in Russia On July 29, Roskomnadzor sent a “regular” demand to the DeviantArt administration to remove materials posted on the site that violate Russian law. This was reported by the press service of […]
MegaFon launched “Eva”: she will answer calls and maintain a conversation if the subscriber cannot or does not want
Russian operator MegaFon announced the launch of a voice assistant called Eva. In fact, this is a personal secretary for each subscriber based on an artificial intelligence system. “Eva” will be able to answer the call if the user cannot do it himself, or simply does not want to. As planned by the developers, this […]
Xiaomi does not belong here: for the first time in 10 years, push-button phones began to be bought in Russia
The retailer M.Video-Eldorado has shared interesting statistics on the entire Russian phone market for the first half of 2021. For the first time since 2021, analysts have noted an increase in sales of classic phones with a numeric keypad. At the end of the first half of 2021, Russians purchased more than 3 million devices […]
Detailed tips for stickers appeared on VKontakte for Android
The team of the VKontakte social network announced the launch of a new function in the VK application for Android. Now users have the ability to view all tips for any sticker. When you long press on a sticker on the sticker keyboard or in the hints window, a special window opens with a large […]
Moscow electric river trams will be able to run both in summer and in winter
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin examined a model of an electric river tram today and told details about the project to revive regular passenger traffic on the Moscow River. A mock-up of an electric river tram is being demonstrated at the pier in Zaryadye. Anyone can join until August 2, 2021. The visiting rules can be […]
Cloud games appeared on VKontakte
The team of the VKontakte social network and the My.Games game brand, which is part of the Mail.ru Group, have launched a new joint project – Cloud Games have appeared in the game section of the VKontakte web version. The My.Games Cloud catalog has become available through a single account VK Connect, you can find […]
