Runet Today, April 2, 2012. Experts of the issue: Nikita Androsov, Sergey Zhukov

In the studio “Finam FM” - Nikita Androsov, CEO of Ingate Holding, and Sergey Zhukov, creative producer of the “BuryDari” service, lead singer of “Hands Up!”. Together with the presenter, Maxim Spiridonov, they talk about unexpected initiative from the social network VKontakte, a new service from Google, negotiations between one major American payment system and Russian Post, the acquisition of 1C, and Yandex’s report on Internet development in Russia.

1. The social network VKontakte began to recommend the Google Chrome browser.

- Why “VKontakte” need to advertise “Google Chrome”?
- How will the VKontakte initiative affect the Runet browser market?
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2. Google has introduced the feature of personal user statistics.

- Who may need a new service from Google?
- How popular is the function of personal statistics for the users themselves?

3. According to the newspaper Kommersant, the PayPal payment system is negotiating cooperation with the Post of Russia.

- How can the landscape of e-commerce in RuNet change if PayPal agrees with Post of Russia?
- Why did PayPal choose “Mail of Russia” as a partner?

4. 1C Company acquired 51% of Megaplan cloud management services.

- Why did 1C decide to purchase Megaplan?
- How will this deal affect the market for “cloud” services of Runet?

5. The company Yandex published a study on the development of the Internet in Russia.

- When will the growth of the Runet audience stop?
- Will the mobile Internet overtake the “ordinary” Network?

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