Yandex, Google’s Russian Rival, Is Twitter’s New Real-Time Search Partner

Re:Yandex, Google’s Russian Rival, Is Twitter’s New Real-Tim... by morsch on Tuesday February 21, 2012 @04:28AM (#3615838)

Well, the majority of Russia's population does reside on the European continent.

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Re:Yandex, Google’s Russian Rival, Is Twitter’s New Real-Tim... by Radim on Tuesday February 21, 2012 @04:57AM (#3615910)

Equating EU with Europe is a common fallacy.

EU is a political entity (recent), Europe a geographical entity (ancient). There is an overlap of people who live within both, but that's not the case with Russia.

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Re:Yandex, Google’s Russian Rival, Is Twitter’s New Real-Tim... by morsch on Tuesday February 21, 2012 @11:48AM (#3617092)

I simply understood the EU label on that TechCrunch page to refer to Europe, not the political entity. I don't think that's an unreasonable way to read it in a journalistic context. There is no other readily available shorthand for referring to the continent, particularly since EUR refers to the currency.

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Re:Yandex, Google’s Russian Rival, Is Twitter’s New Real-Tim... by iconfinder on Tuesday February 21, 2012 @04:43AM (#3615879)

But it's no the same as the European Union which is the economic and political union. The correct label would be "Europe".

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