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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian internet giant Yandex on Wednesday reported a 34% rise in second-quarter adjusted net income compared with a year ago and raised its 2021 group revenue forecast to between 330 and 340 billion roubles ($4.49-$4.63 billion). Yandex, which is spending $400-500 million on an e-commerce drive this year to tap into the pandemic-driven surge for online services, said gross merchandise volumes (GMV) for its e-commerce businesses jumped 155% to 35.1 billion roubles year on… Source link

The logo of Russian internet group Yandex is pictured at the company’s headquarter in Moscow, Russia October 4, 2018. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo MOSCOW, July 28 (Reuters) – Russian internet giant Yandex (YNDX.O) on Wednesday reported a 34% rise in second-quarter adjusted net income compared with a year ago and raised its 2021 group revenue forecast to between 330 and 340 billion roubles ($4.49-$4.63 billion). Yandex, which is spending $400-500 million on an e-commerce drive this year… Source link

If you can’t access online services like Sony’s PlayStation Network and Steam, as well as websites like Airbnb, you’re not the only one. Starting at approximately 11:20AM ET, Downdetector began logging a spike in outage reports across a variety of online services and websites. Outside of PSN and Steam, some of the more notable platforms people can’t seem to connect to include LastPass, TikTok and UPS. Visiting the PlayStation Store and other affected websites, they come back with a DNS… Source link

As boss of both Google and its parent company Alphabet, he is the ultimate leader of companies or products as varied as Waze, FitBit and DeepMind, the artificial intelligence pioneers. At Google alone he oversees Gmail, Google Chrome, Google Maps, Google Earth, Google Docs, Google Photos, the Android operating system and many other products. Source link

Google is in an interesting position when it comes to making the internet respect your privacy. It controls the world’s largest advertising platform, the most used search engine, and the most popular web browser. Together, that means Google has more influence over how your data is gathered and tracked online than any other company. It’s significant then, that, over the past few years, Google has joined the effort to eliminate the worst offender when it comes to tracking, third-party… Source link

It’s a common sight: Ads from that time you Googled flights to Cancún, or visited Nike to look for new running shoes, following you around the Internet. Much of that tracking is made possible by cookies — little bits of code that jump off websites and lodge themselves in your browser, allowing new sites you visit to see where you’ve been before. Facebook and Google, the two most profitable advertising companies in history, use cookies to show ads across the Web based on info gathered… Source link

Blockchain technology has revolutionary potential for the world of international commerce, according to a financial advisor. Ric Edelman, founder of Edelman Financial Engines, joined Yahoo Finance Live to discuss new developments in the crypto market, as well as the broader implications of blockchain technology in financial markets. Newer digital assets, like Bitcoin (BTC-USD) are not currently understood well enough among finance professionals, he said. This has led to them missing out on… Source link

Russian internet major Yandex made a call on ESG policies for investors, outlining the major priorities, BCS Global Markets wrote on June 10. As reported by bne IntelliNews, the recent St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) has been dominated by the environmental, social and governance… Source link

Russian internet major Yandex made a call on ESG policies for investors, outlining the major priorities, BCS Global Markets wrote on June 10. As reported by bne IntelliNews, the recent St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) has been dominated by the environmental, social and governance… Source link

Russian internet major Yandex made a call on ESG policies for investors, outlining the major priorities, BCS Global Markets wrote on June 10. As reported by bne IntelliNews, the recent St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) has been dominated by the environmental, social and governance… Source link