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• Open Letter to Presidential Adviser on Internet from ITMO University’s Rector

  On April 16, 2018, the Roskomnadzor federal agency initiated its blocking of the messenger app Telegram in Russia. In addition to Telegram’s servers, the Federal Agency for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media expanded its list of blocked web-addresses with more than 18 million IP-addresses belonging to Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Digital Ocean. The attempt to block a single platform resulted in complications with a wide range of third-party websites, used on an everyday basis by people in different fields of work. Scientists and professors at universities and research centers are experiencing delays and complications in their work. Concerned with the current situation, ITMO University’s Rector Vladimir Vasilyev has written a letter to German Klimenko, the Presidential Adviser on Internet Development, in which he addressed the current situation and suggested that the process be discontinued. ITMO.NEWS provides the full text of the letter.

  26.04.2018

• Telegram Messenger: a Short Guide to the Hit Russian App

  The Telegram messaging app has reached 200 million active users this March. In Russia, it rivals WhatsApp and other messaging platforms, but is only marginally known in the west. A futuristic network? Chatbots? Stickers? Here’s the scoop. 

  27.03.2018

• @deifmobot - Telegram Bot For ITMO Students

  It's already been a year since ITMO students got the opportunity to get information about their results via the @deifmobot Telegram bot. The bot was developed by Vitaliy Guryn, a student from the Faculty of Laser and Light Engineering. The bot operates in conjunction with the Distance Learning Center’s online platform; for now, it mails out information about the points the users get for the tasks they complete. Still, new functions will soon be added to the bot so as to make each student’s life even easier!

  01.02.2018

• Stickerum Startup Brings Your Favorite Telegram Stickers to Life

  Social networks such as VK and the Telegram messenger app have made stickers hugely popular on the Russian internet. There are so many stickers available that you can express any emotion and replace whole sentences using them. However, the users don't just love the virtual stickers - you can find actual stickers of various brands, events, organizations and even famous personalities on laptops, smartphones, notebooks and more. Three students from ITMO University decided to bring the virtual stickers into reality, launching a startup called Stickerum, which lets Telegram users make real stickers out of virtual ones. Our special interview with Vitaliy Guryn, member of Stickerum’s team, gives us more insight into the new startup - and how to order your first set of stickers.

  24.01.2018

• Telegram For Geeks: Channels for Those Fond of Science

  ​Telegram has long become one of the major information sources that provides its users with all kinds of news. What was once a typical messenger turned into a whole media universe with all the corresponding niches: it has channels on economy, politics, feminism, human rights, sex, education, music, fashion, movies and just everything modern media is about. We've decided to take a closer look at what it can offer in terms of Science.

  23.08.2017