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Apple Removes Russian Social Networking App VKontakte from App Store to Comply With Sanctions on Russia
Apple confirmed on Wednesday that it had delisted VKontakte, Russia's most widely used social networking app from the company's App Store. The app was removed in compliance with UK Sanctions on Russia after the latter held referendums in Moscow-controlled areas of Ukraine. The VK apps that were removed are used for messaging, digital payments, groc...
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Apple Removes Russian Social Media Network From Its App Store Amid War
Apple on Wednesday confirmed that it removed popular Russian social network VKontakte from its App Store globally due to sanctions imposed by Britain.
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Russia’s VK Launches RuStore, Home-Made App Store, to Replace Western Rivals as Ban Continues
In another push to promote domestic digital services, Russian internet group VK has launched RuStore, a home-made app store, on Wednesday. The new app store will replace Western rivals amid limited access to users in Russia.
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A New Algorithm Could Predict Isis Attacks
"It was like the spreading of a fever," said Neil Johnson, head of research for the University of Miami study.
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Founder of App Used by ISIS Once Said, 'We Shouldn't Feel Guilty.' This Week He Banned Their Accounts.
PM Pavel Durov knew that terrorists were using his app to communicate. And he decided it was something he could live with.
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As Telegram Messaging App Blocks Islamic State Sites, New Ones Pop Up
Mobile messaging service Telegram is racing to shut down broadcast channels used by Islamic State to promote its causes and recruit members, but the group is creating new channels apparently just as quickly.
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Tajikistan Ends Facebook Block Prompted by Islamic State Defector
Ex-Soviet Tajikistan today lifted blocks on popular websites including Facebook and YouTube it imposed after a police chief appeared in an online video announcing his defection to the Islamic State group.
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Celebrity Entrepreneur of Russian Social Media Chooses Exile
Not long ago, Pavel Durov, 30, was seen as Russia's Mark Zuckerberg - founding the country's most popular social network, VKontakte.
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VKontakte Completely Taken Over by Kremlin-Friendly Usmanov
The oligarch said with the purchase of a 48 percent stake, Mail.Ru now owns all the shares
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'Russian Zuckerberg' rules out return without reforms
Pavel Durov, the 29-year-old founder of VKontakte, fled the country last week after a bitter dispute with a shareholder culminated in his departure from the company.
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Apple Removes Russian Social Networking App VKontakte from App Store to Comply With Sanctions on Russia
Apple confirmed on Wednesday that it had delisted VKontakte, Russia's most widely used social networking app from the company's App Store. The app was removed in compliance with UK Sanctions on Russia after the latter held referendums in Moscow-controlled areas of Ukraine. The VK apps that were removed are used for messaging, digital payments, groc...
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Apple Removes Russian Social Media Network From Its App Store Amid War
Apple on Wednesday confirmed that it removed popular Russian social network VKontakte from its App Store globally due to sanctions imposed by Britain.
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Russia’s VK Launches RuStore, Home-Made App Store, to Replace Western Rivals as Ban Continues
In another push to promote domestic digital services, Russian internet group VK has launched RuStore, a home-made app store, on Wednesday. The new app store will replace Western rivals amid limited access to users in Russia.
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A New Algorithm Could Predict Isis Attacks
"It was like the spreading of a fever," said Neil Johnson, head of research for the University of Miami study.
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Founder of App Used by ISIS Once Said, 'We Shouldn't Feel Guilty.' This Week He Banned Their Accounts.
PM Pavel Durov knew that terrorists were using his app to communicate. And he decided it was something he could live with.
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As Telegram Messaging App Blocks Islamic State Sites, New Ones Pop Up
Mobile messaging service Telegram is racing to shut down broadcast channels used by Islamic State to promote its causes and recruit members, but the group is creating new channels apparently just as quickly.
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Tajikistan Ends Facebook Block Prompted by Islamic State Defector
Ex-Soviet Tajikistan today lifted blocks on popular websites including Facebook and YouTube it imposed after a police chief appeared in an online video announcing his defection to the Islamic State group.
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Celebrity Entrepreneur of Russian Social Media Chooses Exile
Not long ago, Pavel Durov, 30, was seen as Russia's Mark Zuckerberg - founding the country's most popular social network, VKontakte.
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VKontakte Completely Taken Over by Kremlin-Friendly Usmanov
The oligarch said with the purchase of a 48 percent stake, Mail.Ru now owns all the shares
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'Russian Zuckerberg' rules out return without reforms
Pavel Durov, the 29-year-old founder of VKontakte, fled the country last week after a bitter dispute with a shareholder culminated in his departure from the company.
