Two startups from the Skolkovo Foundation’s IT cluster have raised over $10 million in investment in their devices designed to make carrying out everyday tasks more convenient. ComfortWay , which provides travellers with access to mobile networks at...
Young IT specialists will turn their hand to battling the forest fires that have ravaged Russia in recent summers by gathering this weekend for a hackathon aimed at developing technology to monitor their outbreak. An emergency worker battling a blaze...
Резидент IT-кластера Фонда «Сколково» Navigine , разработчик решений в сфере indoor-навигации, привлек 400 тысяч долларов от синдиката инвесторов во главе с финской финансово-технологической компанией Innovestor. Приложение для аэропортов...
Разработчик шлема виртуальной реальности компания Fibrum получила официальный статус резидента Центра мобильных технологий в кластере информационных технологий Фонда «Сколково». Проект из Казани уже добился известности в среде экспертов IT-отрасли...
Even before Pokemon GO fever struck the world, 2016 had already been dubbed the year of virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) by tech-watchers due to the number of new devices hitting the market this year. Then Nintendo’s Pokemon-themed AR game took the...
For any Russian company with international aspirations, the Asian markets are the modern Klondike - and not just because strained relations with the West have made it more difficult for some Russian enterprises to do business there. Asia will be the future...
Surfancy, a project designed by Skolkovo resident SensArt to turn any surface into an interactive touch screen, has been named the winner of an accelerator programme run by MEGA, the chain of giant malls across Russia owned and operated by IKEA. As well as...
Skolkovo’s resident cybercrime sleuths Group-IB have helped Russia’s Interior Ministry catch a gang of hackers suspected of using a Trojan virus to steal money from more than one million bank accounts via mobile banking apps, the ministry said Monday...
Skolkovo resident Cloudike ( ASD Technologies ) has entered the Indonesian market with the launch of its mobile cloud service on the country’s mobile carrier Indosat Ooredoo. The network’s customers will now be able to use incloud to upload,...
A robotic pet sitter designed by an offshoot of a Skolkovo resident startup has raised more than double the amount it was seeking, just a few days into its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. Pebby consists of a smart collar and a remote-controlled...
Hong Kong’s startup scene is one of the fastest growing in the world, and the global financial centre has been dubbed Asia’s FinTech hub for the explosion of tech solutions for financial services seen there during the last few years. A delegation...
Guide dogs have been used by blind people for nearly half a millennium, and in that time, no more trustworthy solution has been found to reliably lead a blind person through the numerous potential hazards that surround them. But training a guide dog is a slow...
Российский разработчик высокотехнологичных устройств для слепых и слабовидящих людей компания Oriense получит от Фонда «Сколково» минигрант в размере 3 млн рублей на доработку системы «технического зрения». В рамках минигранта будут...
Mobile devices, the Internet of Things and outdated legislation were put under the microscope last week at the annual Business Information Security Summit in Moscow, as international IT security experts agreed on one thing: business technologies are growing...
Российский стартап GeoCV , работающий в области 3D-визуализации, представляет свой проект на одном из важнейших стартап-событий TechCrunch Disrupt. Мероприятие проходит с 21 по 23 сентября в Сан-Франциско. GeoCV демонстрирует свои технологии на «Аллее...
The Skolkovo Foundation is on the hunt for promising virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) projects and has launched a search that will culminate in St. Petersburg next month. The competition will be held as part of Unreal Fest , an international open-air...
Hackers may be associated around the world with Russia above any other country, thanks to news reports that often describe cybercriminals as Russian, and to accusations this year that Russian hackers were behind attacks on the U.S. Democratic National Committee...
Компания ComfortWay объявила о старте продаж SIM-карт CwSim. Новый продукт даст пользователям возможность подключаться к мобильному интернету по локальным тарифам в 140 странах мира. ComfortWay — резидент кластера информационных технологий Фонда «Сколково»...
Резидент «Сколково» компания ComfortWay объявила о закрытии первого раунда инвестиций в проект универсальной виртуальной SIM-карты, работающей по местным тарифам операторов по всему миру. Инвестиции в размере 6 млн евро привлечены от нескольких...
Российские компании ComfortWay и AVO объявили о партнерстве в создании универсального решения для роуминга. Новый продукт совместит в себе доступ в интернет по локальным тарифам и дешевые телефонные переговоры во время международных поездок. Фото: AVO...
Skolkovo resident startup ComfortWay has launched sales of a SIM card that allows travellers to make use of the best local mobile internet deal available, wherever they might be. The CwSim card uses the Remote SIM Provisioning technology released earlier...