More commotion around the .cat domain: It is not just a Spanish issue anymore
As expected, the latest decision to approve the .cat, cultural and linguistic sTLD (sponsored top-level domain) domain for Catalunya, has caused quite a bit of commotion coming from a number of angles. So after the first .cat story, it is only in due hand that a follow up story be written for those of you […]
Russian search engine Yandex, expands into Ukraine
Yandex, Russia’s most popular search engine, announced today the opening of their portal in Ukraine. This will provide local search, news and information. As Arkady Volozh, General Director of Yandex explains, “Opening a branch in Ukraine will dramatically speed up our technology development for our users there”. Ukraine has a large Russian speaking population which […]
Baidu found to be allowing music downloading in China
An interesting story has been travelling around the media in Europe this week as Baidu – the leading Chinese search engine – has defended itself from major music labels concerning music downloading. Baidu has strongly protested its innocence claiming that it is only providing search engine type access to sites where downloading is possible and […]