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From supporting refugees, to funding startups, to air strike alert systems: How Google helps Ukraine survive the war

Last week Google announced a $5 million fund to provide Ukrainian startups with equity-free cash awards throughout 2022. Dubbed ‘Google for Startups Ukraine Support Fund,’ it will  also convey “ongoing Google mentorship, product support and Cloud credits” to startups “on a rolling basis.” “This hands-on support is designed to help Ukrainian entrepreneurs maintain and grow their businesses, strengthen …

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Google rolls out YouTube Kids in Ukraine

Google launched its children-friendly YouTube app in Ukraine on Feb. 21. Called YouTube Kids, the mobile app eliminates not-so-kid-friendly parts of the video-sharing platform. In YT Kids app, Google allows only videos suitable for children, including content it creates itself. For Ukrainian users, YT Kids offers videos in Ukrainian and English. The channels and playlists are grouped …

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Yellow snow, bitcoin and Kobzon: Google reveals what’s on Ukrainian users’ minds

“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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Google rolls out flight booking search service in Ukraine

Google has rolled out its web service for searching for and booking airline flights in Ukraine. Called Google Flights, the service was available to Ukrainians before on Google’s main site, but starting from Sept. 6 the U.S. tech giant launched it on the Ukrainian domain “.com.ua” offering an interface in Ukrainian and prices in hryvnias, the country’s national currency. …

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Yandex’s Ukrainian offices searched by security service

Two weeks after the Ukrainian authorities banned leading Russian Internet sites as part of sanctions affecting 468 Russian legal entities, Yandex announced that the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) conducted searches at the company’s offices in Kiev and Odessa. Yandex.Ukraine management and employees are accused of having gathered personal data of Ukrainian users and transmitted them to Russian …

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Ukraine bans leading Russian Internet sites

Confirming that the relations between Ukraine and Russia are currently at their lowest, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko yesterday signed a decree applying sanctions to 468 legal entities and 1,228 individuals from Russia. Among the targeted organizations are the two leading Russian Internet groups — Yandex and Mail.Ru Group — the services of which will be made …

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Cats, kissing and nails: Google reveals what’s on Ukrainians’ minds

“Why are cats afraid of cucumbers?” “How do you kiss properly?” “What do people need nails for?” These were among the most common questions on the minds of Ukrainians in 2016, according to the Ukrainian office of Google, which released last week lists of the most popular search questions in Ukraine. The ranking reveals Ukrainians’ interest in …

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Crimea maps scandals: Google offends Russia, then Ukraine

A controversy sparked last week over Google’s decision to change the names of Crimean settlements appearing on Google Maps, in accordance with the Ukrainian authorities’ “decommunization” campaign. In May 2016, the Ukrainian parliament renamed 70 settlements in Crimea, mostly choosing names of Crimean Tatar origin. Thus Krasnogvardeyskoe (‘Red Guard’) became “Yany Kapu” while Sovetskoe switched …

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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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Google Ukraine chief wants stability in order to flourish

Ukraine’s rapidly developing tech scene saw global giant Google, mostly known for its popular search engine, establish an office in Kyiv in 2006. Today, Google’s country manager for Ukraine, Dmytro Sholomko, says that behemoths like his employer are now looking for stability in Ukraine in order to develop. Sholomko hopes for support from Ukraine’s government …

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Google and TNS offer portrait of typical Ukrainian Internet user

Google has revealed the results of a study of consumer behavior among Ukrainian Internet users, reports Ukrainian IT-news portal proIT. According to the report, which involved the survey of 1,000 adults (aged 16+) in in January of this year and was completed by market-research firm TNS at Google’s request, 56% of those polled state that …

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