From mid-next year, Russia to ban sale of devices without Russian software – News
Russia has passed a law that makes it mandatory for almost all digital gadgets, including smartphones to compulsorily have ‘Made in Russia’ software. Report: BBC
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Russia has passed a law that makes it mandatory for almost all digital gadgets, including smartphones to compulsorily have ‘Made in Russia’ software. Report: BBC
Yandex tells this Website that this particular attack “was detected at an early stage by the Yandex security team.” It was fully neutralized before any damage to Yandex customers’ data was done.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill into law, effective from Nov 1 this year.
The company today took the wraps off Yandex.Plus, a service modelled on Amazon Prime that gives users a number of perks for a monthly fee — 169 roubles/month, or about $2.75.
Starting this month, Android users in Russia have started seeing the options for search engines in the Chrome Mobile browser allowing them to select their preferred search engine.
So it’s true. Rumors that Russia was contemplating an alternate to Android & iOS were confirmed when the country’s minister of Communications Nikolai Nikiforo spoke of plans to the effect. The country plans to build the alternate on open source mobile platform Sailfish.
Reports: The Guardian, The Economic Times