Facebook stonewalls Yandex’s social search app
Yandex’s social search app has been shut down, for now. Wonder, an iOS voice app, launched last week by Russia’s search giant for exclusive use Continue reading
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Content for Transition Online’s Netprophet blog. Tech and innovation for the social good in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia.
NetProphet: Wikimedia turns to contest to boost photo bank
Participants worldwide are uploading their photos of local monuments to Wikimedia commons as part of Wiki Loves Monuments a global photography contest Continue reading
NetProphet: Uzbekistan seizes MTS subsidiary
MTS, Russia’s largest mobile company, had its local Uzbekistan subsidiary seized by authorities and four of its manager’s sentenced following Continue reading
NetProphet: Platform allows Skopje women to report harassment
React!, a recently launched online platform that allows Macedonian women to self-report incidents of gender-based harassment, is attracting new users and positive Continue reading
NetProphet: Kyrgyzstan’s secret service to scour Internet for hate speech
Kyrgyzstan’s secret police are set to begin monitoring the Internet for what it calls hate speech, according to the Institute for Continue reading
NetProphet: Russia’s top social media site to allow same-sex relationships
Russia’s largest social media site, Vkontakte, will now allow users to show that they are in a same-sex relationship on Continue reading
NetProphet: Montenegro hopes Foursquare will put local tourism on the map
A project in Montenegro is hoping to kickstart tourism in the country’s north using the location-based social networking app Foursquare Continue reading
NetProphet: Startup ‘incubation’ center opens in Kosovo
A technology-focused incubator opened its doors 27 June to entrepreneurs and innovators in Kosovo. Funded by Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Continue reading
