Last week Uber launched its food delivery service Uber Eats in Ukraine’s capital. The service is available via a mobile app or through the company’s website. Uber has partnered with 200 restaurants in Kyiv. In order to promote the service here, Uber Eats offers free deliveries until the end of February. It aims to deliver …
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Russia’s biggest illegal online casino, Azino777, operates out of Ukraine and has managed some of its money flows through a Ukrainian branch of Russia’s bank Sberbank, Russian business media outlet The Bell reported on Feb. 4, referring to decisions by a Ukrainian court. The Bell journalists found a mistake in a document of Kyiv Holosiivskyi District …
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Ukraine’s tech sector earned the country an estimated $4.5 billion from exports of tech services in 2018, according to the “Tech Ecosystem Guide to Ukraine” factbook, published on Jan. 29. That’s almost $1 billion up on the previous year’s figure, when IT brought in $3.6 million and made up 3.4 percent of Ukraine’s gross domestic product, …
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A notorious attack with the Petya ransomware hit Ukraine in June 2017, affecting 12,500 computers around the country, including ones in government institutions. The computer virus then started to spread across the globe, paralyzing large businesses worldwide. Thus, Ukraine received the unfortunate distinction of being the victim of what is now called the most devastating …
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Alexander Kostylev, a Ukrainian professional video game player nicknamed ‘s1mple,’ has topped the global ranking of the best “Counter-Strike” gamers compiled by HLTV.org. The 21-year-old gamer has been playing Counter-Strike since he was 16. Having played games professionally for six years, Kostylev has earned $420,000 and participated in 77 tournaments. He has won 14 global …
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Ukrainian startup Allset, which develops online services for restaurants in the United States, announced on Jan. 16 it had partnered with Google. Allset’s partnership with Google means all the venues that work with the startup will be shown on Google Maps with a link to the startup’s services. Founded in 2015 by Ukrainian entrepreneurs Stas …
Called the Praetorian, this vehicle can climb mountains, get through mud, rocks, sand, snow and ice, all while carrying a couple of dozen people. Only a few companies make vehicles like this worldwide, and so the creators of Praetorian believe there is demand and see a niche to fill. The off-road bus comes in over …
In the tech age, the hallmark of a well-organized conference is a branded mobile application for the event, through which conference-goers can chat, swap contacts and information, check out the conference agenda, register for get-togethers, and more. One of Ukraine’s most promising startups offers a customizable mobile app called Attendify to do all of that, …
“Why is the snow yellow in Odesa?” “Why is a cow’s meat called beef?” These are some of the most popular questions Ukrainians googled in 2018, according to Google Ukraine, which on Dec. 11 released lists of the most popular search questions in the country. The ranking reveals Ukrainians’ interest in a wide range of topics …
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Ukraine’s largest e-commerce firms, Rozetka and EVO Group have merged after getting the thumbs up for the union from Ukraine’s Antimonopoly Committee on Nov. 27. The e-commerce firms finalized anagreement that had been pending for almost four months as the companies waited for the go-ahead from the Antimonopoly Committee. Under the agreement, Rozetka has now bought …
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With the number of electric cars in Ukraine nearly doubling compared to last year, manufacturers of electric chargers see huge potential to expand the range of electric vehicles beyond the limits of the country’s big cities. But to do that, Ukraine needs the proper infrastructure — affordable electric vehicle charging stations. Sensing profits to be …
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Chinese payment system UnionPay International, the world’s biggest payment system both in terms of cards issued and volume of operations, is entering the Ukrainian market, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) announced on Nov. 13. UnionPay International will provide services in Ukraine for issuing cash from ATMs and supporting payments for goods and services with UnionPay …
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