While the internet has revolutioned economies and changed lives around the world, cyberattacks threaten to undo its magic, as Ukraine knows very well. In Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast on Dec. 23, the country may well have suffered the world’s first power outage caused by a cyberattack, informational technology experts say. About 230,000 Ukrainians were plunged into darkness for …
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Ukrainian startup ReplyApp has attracted $350,000 from investment company Digital Future and $50,000 from seed fund WannaBiz to develop its automatic email service on the U.S. market. ReplyApp’s founder, Oleg Bilozor, 29, says the money will help the company accelerate recruitment for offices in several countries, which in turn will speed up the startup’s growth.
So rich in detail is the view that the strips of paint peeling from the walls and shards of glass on the floor are visible. This is “Ghost City,” a virtual reality tour of the Chernobol (Chernobyl) zone that is also part documentary and part three-dimensional excursion of a god-forsaken town near the stricken nuclear plant. …
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A Ukrainian company that promises to find tourists the best deals for their money, has been declared the best travel startup of the year. The company won up to $500,000 in equity investment during the Seedstars Summit 2015 in Lausanne, Switzerland on March 3. The proprietary search engine on Tripmydream helps travelers select a vacation …
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How many lengths of the pool did you do today? If you had the device invented and developed by Swimmerix Ltd., a London-based startup created by Ukrainian Yaroslav Issakov, you’d be able to say right away – and a lot more besides. A keen swimmer himself, Issakov, 48, has invented a waterproof, lightweight device that …
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Ukrainian information technology companies and digital agencies have added several Kyiv districts to a rapidly growing digital map of the world. Called On the Grid, this web map is a massive collaborative online project, in which hundreds of creative companies and designers from around the world place information on their cities’ sights, venues, and cafés in an online …
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Starting Feb. 13, Ukrainians can receive electronic payments from non-residents of Ukraine in foreign currency, according to a statement by the National Bank of Ukraine on Feb. 12. This ruling opens the way for citizens of other countries to transfer electronic money to accounts in Ukrainian banks. “Individual is entitled to receive electronic money, issued by the nonresident …
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Ukrainian Ph. D. biologist Dr. Oleksandr Savsunenko says he can tell if you’re a night owl or an early bird, whether you should become a vegetarian, and even if you’re likely to live to a ripe old age. He finds the answers to these and other questions in a person’s DNA. Through his startup Titanovo, …
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Do people forget something because they are overloaded with information or just always run out of time? Or do they forget because their memory is not what it once was? Chances are it’s a combination of both. However, now there seems to be a solution – an iOS mobile application that supposed to save one’s …
Bohdan Hawrylyshyn, born in the small Ukrainian village of Koropets 89 years ago, has come a long way. After his family moved to Canada during World War II, Hawrylyshyn went from working as a lumberjack, and then a waiter, to becoming one of the world’s top economists. From 1960, Hawrylyshyn taught economics-related subjects at the International …
A Ukrainian startup offering a website to help search for private tutors has entered the Brazilian market. Called Preply, the company announced its new strategy and readiness to support payments from Brazil on Jan. 26, after its website began supporting the Portuguese language and accepting payments in Brazilian reals. The company says it has already accepted its …
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U.S. business magazine Forbes has placed Ukrainian tech startup wizard Ivan Pasichnyk on its list of 30 of the most successful people in Europe aged up to 30 years in the Industry sector. Called “30-under-30 Europe,” the list includes 300 young leaders, creative inventors and go-getting entrepreneurs from Europe in 10 different sectors. But Ecoisme …
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