Can gaming be as big as automotive industry for Turkey? When talking about trends in the past I have always allowed room for gaming. By now, everyone realizes that gaming is serious business. It has become mainstream. From our early childhood days to our final days as an adult we play games.…

God willing, bitcoin will bring us the championship We Turks are usually not firsts in adopting new technologies; we actually lag behind by a few months, sometimes years, in the latest trends in the U.S., South Korea or Japan. I am not talking about cellphones of course; that’s a very different topic.class="cf"> But…

Let’s start digitalization from homes The Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜBİSAD) released a report about Turkey’s digital transition yesterday. Important names like Serdar Urçar and Devrim Sönmez presented the findings together with three academia representatives. I will delve into the details of the report next week. But I realized that when…

Digital transformation One of the buzz concepts of recent years is “digital transformation.” It goes hand in hand with Industry 4.0. Everybody is talking about it but few have embarked on a really transformative journey. Most people and companies are still trying to figure out what to digitize and when. My…

It is all about 5G This year, in the Mobile World Congress, the hottest topic is 5G. Everyone is talking about it. Crypto currencies and digitalization are also being addressed but 5G fever runs high. Almost every major company has announced something about 5G.class="cf"> Huawei unveiled its first chip that enables mobile devices to…

Why are Turks so easily conned? The title should’ve actually been a bit longer: Why are we so easily conned, and what does technology have to do with it? class="cf"> I know that there are con artists everywhere around the world. I know that the first Ponzi scheme happened in the U.S. But when…

A new type of education for a new type of economy Last week, I wrote that in order for Turkish people not to fall victim to Ponzi schemes like Çiftlik Bank (Farm Bank), we need to better educate our people. I underlined that if we want our people to be more cunning…

Fool me twice, shame on me There is a well-known quote which can be used to describe scams that have been happening repeatedly recently: “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” And it seems like this is what we have to say to those who get…

A guide for the age of flexible working It is estimated that by 2020 more than half of the workers in the U.S. will be doing some kind of extra work along with their day jobs. class="cf"> According to Deloitte, “Driven by accelerating connectivity, new talent models, and cognitive tools, work is changing. As…