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ICQ is purchased by Google

December 14, 2009 - 1:06am | News | Other themes

A bidding war over the ICQ instant messaging division of AOL, popular amid 33 million users worldwide and number 1 instant messaging provider in Russia, currently involves a number of North American companies.

Amid the companies interested in acquiring ICQ there are Google, DST, and Nasper.

Google’s interest in ICQ is most likely because of the widest Russian connection, while the service died off for the most part in North America.

So, Russian marke

acquisition | AOL | DST | google | ICQ | Nasper

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Facebook and DST: true reasons for partnership

May 27, 2009 - 9:26am | News | Other themes

It was reported earlier that Facebook is taking a $200 million round of funding from Digital Sky Technologies (DST), a Russian investment company.

While it was known that there were many other sources ready to finance Facebook, company COO Sheryl Sandberg said, they were "not actively seeking investments." Moreover, it is expected that DST input will play a key role in Facebook's Eastern European business growth.

DST | Facebook | partnership | relations with government | Russian partner

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