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Testing of the updated version of the digital assistant for schoolchildren - "I am a schoolchild" service started in the republic. The first 500 children from different regions of the republic got acquainted with the new functionality of the application.
On February 8, the selection of startups for participation in the second corporate acceleration programme of the Russian Post and the Skolkovo Foundation started. Up to fifteen young innovative companies will be able to receive funding, work with the best experts, launch a pilot project and scale the business together with the largest logistics company in the country. Legal entities with their own development or technology can participate in the contest. The project should have a product or service with confirmed sales, a team of at least three people, and have commercial potential and scaling prospects.
On the Day of Russian Science, specialists of the Russian television and radio broadcasting network branch informed how knowledge of the laws of physics can help in setting up high-quality TV reception.
One year ago, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and President, Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank Herman Gref took part in the ceremony of launching the first branch of Sberbank free programming school - "School 21". The school was opened with the support of Tatarstan Government.
Since January 1, 2021, under the kITyk support programme for IT companies of Tatarstan, reduced rates on a simplified tax system were introduced: namely, 1 per cent for «Income» item and 5 per cent for the item “Income minus expenses”.
On February 5, First Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Rustam Nigmatullin, Tatarstan Minister of Digitalization Ayrat Khayrullin and representatives of the local branches of the federal authorities took part in an extended meeting of Multifunctional centres (MFC), where they summed up the results of the work in 2020.
As many as 2,361 residents of the republic have already tested a new digital platform for providing social support measures “Zabota”.
Rostelecom Telecommunication Company summed up the development of video service: in 2020, Wink reached the rapid growth trajectory, expanding opportunities and audience. The active audience grew four times due to new connections and the massive transition of Rostelecom's interactive television subscribers to the Wink platform (over 70 per cent of subscribers have already migrated).
The Angelina braille reader, a digital braille recognition platform, developed by a father of many children from the Moscow Region Ilya Ovodov, is used by 2,500 people and 40 specialized schools for children.
On February 4, Tatarstan Minister of Digitalization Ayrat Khayrullin arrived on a working visit in Leninogorsk region of the republic, where he met its residents and informed about the digital processes in the republic.