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Education ministry teams up with Google to launch platform for Ukrainian inventors

The Institute of Education Content Modernization, a branch of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, has joined forces with Google Ukraine to develop an online platform dedicated to Ukrainian inventors. Christened “Ideas that change the world,” the platform was presented earlier this month at Google Day Ukraine 2015. Allowing anyone to suggest a bright idea and find …

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US social networks, blogs allowed back into Crimea

The United States on Friday announced that U.S. companies can still give users in Crimea access to a range of free online communications services, despite an earlier U.S. ban on providing any services to the region after it was annexed by Russia last year. The decision will allow U.S. Internet companies such as Apple and Google — who previously announced that they were cutting off service to Crimea — …

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Ukraine’s security service takes down 30,000 websites to fight “pro-Russian propaganda”

Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) was initially aiming to shut down five websites that had been allegedly spreading pro-Russian views about the conflict in Ukraine. Instead, they ended up crushing thousands of other websites, halting business and other activities of the Ukrainian segment of the Internet. In an attempt to block five allegedly anti-Ukrainian websites, …

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Smart emailing solution Traqli inks deals with major digital publishers and raises seed-stage round

Newzmate, a startup that develops emailing solutions for digital publishers, has just attracted a $300,000 investment from Polish VC firm Xevin Investments and Dutch angel investor Bas Godska for their smart emailing solution. Newzmate main product, christened ‘Traqli,’ helps digital publishers create and deliver news digests based on readers’ individual preferences and interests. Based on …

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Ukrainian government enrolls volunteers in the “Internet forces of Ukraine”

The Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine has just launched I-ARMY.ORG, a site for enrolling people in the “information forces of Ukraine.” In order to join the online army, users must register their email in the system, which will allow them to begin receiving daily tasks in their inbox. At the moment, the site solely functions …

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Online marketplace PROM.UA acquires platform for personal service classifieds

PROM.UA, a major B2B and B2C marketplace owned by Poland-based Allegro Group, has acquired Metnis Kabanchikom, an online service that allows users to post work requests and find people to complete the tasks. According to Ukrainian tech news site AIN.UA, negotiations regarding the acquisition began last autumn and were concluded last week. “As part of …

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Destructions in Donbass highlighted by two online platforms

Ukrainian tech NGO Social Boost, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has launched Redonbass.org (Russian), an online platform that allows users to monitor destruction in Donetsk and Luhansk (Lugansk) oblasts, where an armed struggle with pro-Russian rebels has been ongoing since last spring. All information on the destruction is presented in …

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LiveUAmap: How an interactive mapping tool became a global media resource

As events in central Kyiv (Kiev) unfolded before the eyes of the world during the Maidan protests in early 2014, conflicting news reports flooded the international media. At the same time, three founders of IT company Altwork began to think of a way to resolve the media mess and separate fact from fiction. Their solution was …

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New online map aims to provide Ukrainian tech players with international visibility

The past few months have seen the emergence of several initiatives aimed at raising Ukraine’s visibility on the global high-tech map – Ukraine Digital News not being the least. Another one is Mappedinua, an English-language, user-generated map of the Ukrainian digital and IT scene launched in mid-August. Apparently inspired by Israeli start-up map MappedInIsrael, Mappedinua is …

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Russian government paper’s site taken down by pro-Ukraine hackers

Hackers have taken down several Russian media website in the past week and alleged attacks on defense infrastructure in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine. Among the latest victims, on March 7, was the website of Rossiyskaya Gazeta, one of the largest Russian dailies, the paper of record of the Russian government, and the parent …

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