Sometimes there are pieces of news that I can only explain with the frivolous mood of internet users and bloggers during this holiday season. Today’s news is from Russia where we are still...

The issue of companies blocking access of their employees to certain websites has already been discussed a lot and normally I myself am of opinion that the company can determine what activities it...

Reading the blogosphere coverage of both Google and Facebook launching their own data portability programs - Google Friend Connect and Facebook Connect - I realized one thing: there is at least...

I may not fully understand behavior and motivation of a real porn lover but I can hardly imagine anyone watching porn right at the workplace - yet I was more than surprised to find out I am totally wrong. The thing is that a recent study suggests tha...

The largest classifieds website Craigslist has been known for a huge and popular “erotic services” section where prostitutes and various sex-related businesses can post advertisements for their services on the site for free and without any...

Due to some urgent work I had to finish over the week, I have left my email inbox unattended for a few days - which normally results in a huge overload and a few hours to sort everything out as a result. This time is no different other than it is...

The situation with Apple iPhone in Russia is a very peculiar one but Russian mobile carriers still seem to believe in the geeky gadget - believe in it enough to arrange for the new model, iPhone 3GS sales in Russia even despite of the disaster with the...

I don’t think that fascination with making money blogging is such a popular trend that it used to be a few years ago when we only started Profy here - at the time everyone seemed to be determined it was dead-simple to start a blog and begin making...

Earlier this month a leading Russian email provider and portal Mail.ru made huge international news due to rumors about the company abandoning Yandex search engine for Google. As of now, web search on the portal is powered by Yandex, the local Russian...

I’ve been working in the startup and entrepreneurial online community long enough to notice one trend: almost every startup wants one of two things - either be acquired by Google or become the next Google themselves. Of course there are some realistic...