Startup Istanbul rocked the startup stage once again As a journalist, one of my favorite times of the year is when Startup Istanbul happens. In just a few days I learn about many great startups coming from all over the world. This year’s was no different. I wasn’t physically there, but I…

Helping others by doing your job perfectly There is some kind of a time prejudice embedded in the words “technology” and “innovation.” If I were to tell you a company is a champion of innovation in high technology, you would assume the company I referred to would probably be very young.class="cf"> It is…

Privacy in the network age Yesterday, I had the opportunity to talk to Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye at Brand Week Istanbul. He is an assistant professor at Imperial College London, where he heads the Computational Privacy Group and a research affiliate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he received his PhD from…

A newcomer to the Turkish SaaS market Two days ago, I had the opportunity to meet with ZOHO’s MEA Business Development Director Ali Shabdar. Zoho Corporation is an Indian software development company. The focus of Zoho Corporation lies in web-based business tools and information technology solutions, including an office tools suite, internet…

Media as we know it is changing fast   I am 38 years old. I have seen lots of trends and how technology has changed media and sports. However, it is getting harder and harder to keep up. New developments happen very quickly when technology, media and entertainment meet. It used to be…

A new investment in the cryptocurrency market There was a time when everybody was speaking about cryptocurrencies, especially about bitcon. Even some people were wearing t-shirts with bitcoin logo. It seemed that every smart person had invested in bitcoin and become rich instantly because they were so brave and knowledgeable. However, all…

Beyond banking Turkey is not among leading countries when it comes to the size of its banking industry. However, it is among the top when it comes to financial technologies and innovations. This fact has been underlined once more in a Deloitte report, titled “Digital Banking Maturity.” According to the report, Turkey…

Fate of the crypto currencies December is the month to make predictions about the next year. Major companies issue their predictions and we as journalists and avid readers try to absorb them all, in order to understand what kind a year will the next year be. I try to follow the big…

Overcoming prejudices This is an age of prejudices more than anything else. The age of the internet, open borders and cheap flights tickets should have ended it. But our prejudices keep growing as the world gets smaller. We see it grow not only in our country, but in the world as well.…