The rise of decentralized technologies The year 2016 will be very different from the rest in terms of how we as humans produce and distribute technology. So far, just like the production and distribution of electricity, we have researched, produced…

Two Turks going global Turkish people who live within Turkey are focused on potential problems between the president and the prime minister, which dominates the news. However, the focus of Turks outside of Turkey is on what they do…

Creating meaningful micro moments It is again that time of the year when summits about marketing and technology are abundant. Yesterday was the first day of Digital Age ’16.  Digital Age summits are different in the sense that they…

Is a cashless society a good thing? There are two different approaches on the matter of cashless society. According to Charlie Sorrel of the magazine Fast Company, we were cashless before and we will be cashless in the future. The…

The gig economy, or the times they are a changin’ My father was a lawyer and my mother was an artist, so I did not really experience it in my own family, but I know that there was…

Why PayPal is withdrawing from the Turkish market Not long ago I wrote that Turkey wanted to eliminate physical currency as much as possible and this week PayPal was made to halt its operations in Turkey. What is behind this…

$26.2 billion! I am sure that many of you have heard that Microsoft bought LinkedIn for $26.2 billion. There are many questions to be asked but the first reaction by everyone was one of surprise - $26.2 billion!!Microsoft…

Would you trust software with your health? There are an abundance of creative people in Cannes these days, as Cannes Lions 2016 is being held. Many creative people from many different industries are gathered there to discuss the future…

Security is of paramount importance The term security is one of the key words that we use more often than we would like to. Unfortunately the bombings and attacks like the one experienced at Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport scare us…