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How Ukrainian Big Data startup is overtaking US giants in Asia’s hot markets

DataProm, a startup which started two years ago in Dnipropetrovsk, Eastern Ukraine with just half a million USD in funding, is now providing its Big Data solution to e-commerce companies far beyond its native market. In this exchange with Ukraine Digital News, DataProm’s founder Anton Vokrug shared his vision of the growing role of Big Data …

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Russian Prosecutor General accuses ‘Right Sector’ of using social media to stage mass unrest in Russia

In a new report, Russian Prosecutor General, Yuri Chaika, has publicly accused Ukrainian nationalist group ‘Right Sector’ of attempts to use the Internet to stage mass unrest in Russia, in a bid to overthrow the Russian government. The Prosecutor General claims that ‘Right Sector’ members used VKontakte, Russia’s leading social network, to create public pages …

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Cybersecurity “a threat and an opportunity for Ukraine”

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 raises $150,000 to fill “huge knowledge gap” in people’s lives

Highbrow, an internationally-oriented Ukrainian startup developing an educational email subscription service, has just raised a $150,000 angel round to develop its user base. The news was reported yesterday by local tech blog AIN.UA, based on an exchange with the startup’s co-founder Artem Zavyalov. The startup had never raised investor money before. The investor is “a renowned …

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Ukraine’s Tripmydream named best travel startup in international contest

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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Polish anti-plagiarism software publisher enters Ukrainian market

Established in 2002 in Poland, Plagiat is entering Ukrainian market. The company claims to have installed its software in more than 250 universities of eight countries so far, including Poland and Romania, as reported by Ukrainian tech blog AIN.UA. Ukraine has been chosen as the next step of Plagiat’s international expansion as Ukraine and Poland …

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Ukrainian taxi drivers voice protest over Uber’s market entry

After Uber started enrolling drivers in Ukraine earlier this month, Kyiv (Kiev) taxi drivers have begun voicing their concerns. Last week, as reported by Ukrainian tech blog AIN.UA. they held a press conference under the slogan “The Klitschko-Uber collusion: A taxi at the price of a passenger’s life?” (Vitalii Klitschko is the mayor of Kyiv). …

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IT companies add Kyiv to popular international online guide

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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Online tutoring platform Preply enters Brazilian market

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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Ukrainian startup secures seed funding to “track all dimensions of human life automatically”

Earlier this month PDNA, a Ukrainian startup that develops projects in the field of symbiotic artificial intelligence, raised €200,000 from local venture fund Digital Future. The money will be used to develop the company’s first project, LifeTracker.io, which aims to “track all dimensions of your life automatically” with “automatic monitoring of mood changes and emotions.” …

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Netflix launched in 130 new countries, including Ukraine

The renowned U.S. provider of on-demand Internet streaming media Netflix is expanding globally. On Jan. 6, it started offering services to about 130 new countries, including Ukraine, Russia, India, and more. In a statement announcing the expansion, the company said its strategy will bring the birth of a new global Internet TV network. The subscription starts at 7.99 euros per …

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