Cloud communication management service Project: SIP.UNI Description: The first cloud communication management service designed for the user without special qualifications Leader: Moroko Artemy Moscow city

October 31, 2012 Career and business Mode for the visually impaired Speech synthesis “Marusya” works Listen Share Add to favorites Forbes Startup Competition Entry: Tactile Vision A portable device that allows you to tactilely sense the world around you Project name: "Tactile Vision" A portable device that allows you to tactilely sense the world around you Moscow Tactile vision for the blind picovolt # startup competition # startup “Tactile vision” Forbes newsletter The most important things

In Russia, the case of Razvozzhaev’s kidnapping in Ukraine was not initiated. And the information disseminated in the media about the alleged initiation of a criminal case into the kidnapping of an oppositionist does not correspond to reality. “In fact, the investigation began to carry out an investigation on October 22, and not according to Razvozzhaev’s statement, but according to media reports,” RIA Novosti quotes a source in the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation as saying.

Forbes collected information about the heirs of billionaires and analyzed their behavior strategy. The vast majority of adult heirs prefer to work in the companies of their parents, only a few daredevils decide to start their own business. Why are they so careful?

Almost 100 St. Petersburg police officers were caught using drugs. Drug testing carried out in the Northern capital since the beginning of summer helped reveal their vicious addiction. “There are a number of unpleasant moments... about 100 employees were identified as drug users, now almost all of them have been fired,” RIA Novosti quotes the speech of the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for St.

photo by Evgeny Dudin for Forbes How to open a beauty salon that will require appointments two weeks in advance “To get a haircut with us,” explains the general director of the beauty salon “Kuafer E.S.” Svetlana Davydova, “you need to call the administrator on the 20th of the current month and make an appointment for the next one.” True, it will not be easy to get through, she warns.

This year, Russian President Vladimir Putin will not conduct a “direct line” with the population, which was broadcast on federal television channels for 10 years. newspaper became aware of this The Kommersant . The information was also confirmed by the press secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov. “This year there really won’t be a straight line,” he said. - Nobody refused her. This year it will just be a different format.” Putin first communicated with citizens live in 2001.

An investigation has been launched in Russia in connection with the kidnapping of Russian opposition leader Leonid Razvozzhaev in Ukraine. This was stated by the head of the Moscow Public Monitoring Commission, a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Valery Borshchev. “There is already an investigator who is leading the kidnapping case. Razvozzhaev has already met with him,” Interfax quotes Borshchev’s statement at the exit from the Lefortovo detention center.

Mobile platform for finding people to do work and urgent tasks Project name: YouDo.com A mobile platform that allows you to quickly find reliable people to carry out any work and urgent assignments. Moscow

On November 1, 1993, the Maastricht Treaty came into force, giving rise to the European Union. The treaty spelled out the so-called “Maastricht criteria” that should be followed when admitting countries to the EU. According to these criteria, the candidate country's budget deficit should be no more than 3% of GDP, and public debt should be less than 60% of GDP. The inflation rate could not exceed by more than 1.5% the average level of the three EU member states with the most stable prices.

Mobile application for local communication Project name: Yolki The essence of the project: Yolki helps you meet more often with your friends, acquaintances from social networks and unknown but similar people. Project leader: Prokoshev Sergey 4. Moscow

Senator Ruslan Gattarov, representing the Chelyabinsk region in the Federation Council, sent an official letter to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, in which he asks him to move the “Russian March” action, planned on November 4 on the Crimean embankment, to the outskirts. The organizer of the procession with up to 10 thousand people is Sergei Baburin. At the same time, on National Unity Day, nationalist Dmitry Demushkin wants to organize a “Russian March” of 20 thousand people in Lyublino.

photo by Matthew Scott for Forbes How an American programmer managed to write the world's most popular blogging platform and why, 7 years after its creation, he is still just starting to make money from it Matt Mullenweg was 19 years old and a freshman at the University of Houston when he started thinking about a new engine for his blog, Photomatt.net, built on the open source content publishing system b2.

George Lucas sold Lucasfilm, which he created in the 1970s, for more than $4 billion. How did the father of Star Wars become one of the richest directors and producers in Hollywood? The sensational words of George Lucas (120th in the ranking of the richest Americans according to Forbes, worth $3.3 billion) that he was leaving cinema and business, which fans of “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones” did not want to believe "turned out to be true.

Esther Dyson and Prostor Capital invested $2 million in VitaPortal. The fact that an Internet project dedicated to health and medicine received $2 million in investment from a Russian investment fund in Prostor Capital and the famous business angel Esther Dyson. “VitaPortal is one of the portfolio businesses of Fastlane Ventures, a leading player in the Russian Internet market, offering operational and financial support to online businesses,” the portal said in a statement.