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Yandex Brings Alice Voice Assistant to Smart TV Platform

on November 24, 2020 at 7:00 am Russian tech search engine giant Yandex has added the Alice voice assistant to its smart TV platform. Alice allows watchers to use voice commands to search and control playback, continuing Yandex’s efforts to make Alice more widely available and continuing a recent burst of new integrations between voice assistants and smart TVs. Alice TV Yandex launched its smart TV platform in April, working with nine television… Source link

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Yandex separates cloud platform into independent business unit

Russian internet search engine Yandex has separated its cloud platform Yandex.Cloud into an independent business unit. The decision was taken on the back of the platform’s strong results in 2018-2020. Yandex.Cloud revenues have tripled since the start of the year.  More than 7,000 business customers currently use Yandex.Cloud for business development. The user base includes SMEs, large private companies and state-owned companies working in various segments of economy. Large… Source link

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Yahoo Announces Shutdown Of Social Platform Yahoo Groups – Deadline

Yahoo has put the final nail in the coffin for its social media platform Yahoo Groups, announcing on Monday that the 20 year-old service will shut down on Dec. 15, 2020. Yahoo Groups, which was aimed to help users stay connected to their community and friends, has seen a “steady decline in usage over the last several years,” the Yahoo Groups team shared with users in an email. “Over that same period we’ve witnessed unprecedented levels of engagement across our properties as… Source link

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Google introduces video shopping platform Shoploop

Dive Brief: Google’s research and development lab, Area 120, has unveiled Shoploop, a video shopping platform for finding, reviewing and purchasing goods, the tech company announced on Thursday.  With the platform, users can watch 90 second or less videos to discover a range of products and access product reviews from other users. Customers can save products to buy later or click to buy it directly on merchants’ websites, according to the company… Source link

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Google’s latest R&D project is Shoploop, a mobile video shopping platform – TechCrunch

Google’s latest experiment is a video shopping platform designed to introduce consumers to new products in under 90 seconds. The company today is launching Shoploop, a project from Google’s internal R&D division, Area 120, where it tests out new ideas with a public user base. Shoploop’s founder, Lax Poojary, had previously worked on online trip planner, Touring Bird, also at Area 120. Last year, that effort became one of a small number of R&D projects to graduate and become a part… Source link

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VTB integrates its financial management platform into Yandex.Plus

VTB Capital Investments, Russia’s largest capital management platform, has launched the first comprehensive savings management service for users of Yandex, Russia’s leading technology company, in the country. The new service will enable millions of Russians to invest online in traditional products, in bonds and shares available on the Moscow and St. Petersburg stock exchanges, exchange currencies at a rate close to the stock exchange rate and do many other… Source link

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