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Yandex, Google’s Russian Rival, Is Twitter’s New Real-Time Search Partner
- iconfinder 15y agoCan someone explain why TC labeled this story with "EU" ?
- switz 15y agoPerhaps because the writer is in London. You're right though, it shouldn't be.
- iconfinder 15y ago"Europe" would be correct. EU is wrong since it's the economic and political union.
- hessenwolf 15y agoRussia will join us. They just don't know it yet. (ducks to avoid things thrown by the Russian in the office)
- drats 15y agoI am sure the current citizens of the EU don't know it yet either, nor will they be consulted when it comes.
- hessenwolf 15y agoNo, we will have several referenda until we get one right.
- morsch 15y agoWell, the majority of Russia's population does reside on the European continent.
- iconfinder 15y agoBut it's no the same as the European Union which is the economic and political union. The correct label would be "Europe".
- Radim 15y agoEquating EU with Europe is a common fallacy. EU is a political entity (recent), Europe a geographical entity (ancient). There is an overlap of people who live within both, but that's not the case with Russia.
- morsch 15y agoI simply understood the EU label on that TechCrunch page to refer to Europe, not the political entity. I don't think that's an unreasonable way to read it in a journalistic context. There is no other readily available shorthand for referring to the continent, particularly since EUR refers to the currency.
- nuttendorfer 15y agoNA, SA, EU, SEA EU can be used to describe the continent and the union.
- iconfinder 15y agoI'm not so sure. Wikipedia doesn't show it as a disambiguation for the continent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_(disambiguation) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_(disambiguation)
- corin_ 15y agoIt is extremely commonly used shorthand, though.
- drats 15y agoUsing "EU" to refer to Europe is about the same as using "USA" to refer to North America. And, in this case, tagging an article about something in Canada with "USA".
- bgarbiak 15y agoYandex headquarter is in Moscow, but they are registered in Netherlands as well.
- gst 15y agoNice to see that there are still markets where Google doesn't have a monopoly.
- Radim 15y agoIf you're interested in more info, here's Ilya Segalovich's talk about the journey of Yandex: http://www.seedcamp.com/resources/the-yandex-story-with-ilya-segalovich-seedcamp-week-2011 http://www.seedcamp.com/resources/the-yandex-story-with-ilya... (Ilya is the co-founder and CTO of Yandex, and a very nice person).
- rplnt 15y agoGoogle is not so dominant in the Czech Republic either. Seznam[1] was leader but Google is overcoming it in the last years. Perhaps thanks to the massive Google Chrome campaign (TV, radio, outdoor). 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seznam.cz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seznam.cz
- ronbeltran 15y agoNice to see that a web.py site will be Twitter's search partner. Looking forward on how they will scale it. webpy.org
- mahoro 15y agoI'm sure this service is not a web.py project. Yandex uses its own home-grown technologies for projects like this. Web.py is probably used mostly for intranet services.
- omgtehlion 15y agoAs far as I know, their search engine does not use webpy. May be they use it for other parts of portal though.
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- hastur 15y agoYandex = FSB (former KGB) why? An oversimplification, yes, but people should be more careful. Current security services in Russia haven't really changed much since the Soviet times, except they are more "capitalistic" in their motivations. Actually, the top people are all former officers of the Soviet apparatus, except now they have a bigger taste not only for power, but for money too. There is no big company in Russia that wouldn't need "protection" from the services and in result wouldn't share its profits and wouldn't do the services' bidding. For instance, if Yandex has any preferential access to Twitter servers or data, you can be sure the FSB has it too. And Russian security services are no benevolent protector of Russian citizens. They are effectively an organized crime network, acting with impunity at home and with state resources abroad. For further research, I encourage everyone to google: russia mafia state. And only go to credible sources, like The Economist and The Guardian.
- nodata 15y ago> Yandex = FSB (former KGB) Can you show us some evidence?
- hastur 15y agoCan you please read my comment in full? Evidence of what? I've said immediately below that it's an oversimplification, as you must obviously realize, intended to catch peoples' attention? Or do you want me to provide evidence that: - Yandex is a significant Russian firm (possibly biggest in terms of foreign investments in IT) - Russian state, and security services in particular, can easily exercise almost any kind of control on any Russian business (and put those who resist in jail on made up accusations) - Russian security services are highly corrupt, interlinked with organized crime, and pursuant of their own self interests. For that you just need to read a bit on the topics. And again, not some conspiracy hallucinations, but the most credible sources of journalism. (Or perhaps you're one of those people, who think that Litvinenko died from food poisoning? ;)
- nodata 15y agoSaying "Yandex = FSB (former KGB)" is different from saying that "Yandex is a Russian company. Russian companies rely on the Russian State. The Russian State is corrupt and linked to Russian security services." > (Or perhaps you're one of those people, who think that Litvinenko died from food poisoning? ;) Yawn.