Getting the most out of mobile Mobile technologies and mobile connectivity are catching up with more traditional internet connections and applications very fast. In many countries mobile networks are much stronger than the fixed-line enabled internet networks. Around three-quarters of…

25 hour response time E-shopping is one of the hottest topics of the Internet era. It has not put an end to the bricks and mortar business model, but it has created its own brands and shops. We see…

Turkey needs to say EUREKA in high tech Under a mandate that runs from July 2012 to June 2013, Turkey will hold the next chairmanship of EUREKA, a platform for international cooperation that supports research and development (R&D) projects…

Can the geotagging business work in Turkey? According to the Wikipedia article “Geotagging” (also written “GeoTagging”) is the process of adding geographical identification metadata to various media, such as a geotagged photograph or video, website, SMS message,…

Turkish social media pioneers play it big Followers of this column know that I have been searching for some Turkish start-ups that could go global. I think I have found three in the last couple of weeks. The…

Go, yemeksepeti.com, go! Yemeksepeti.com is one of the most successful internet businesses in Turkey, operating as an online food ordering and delivery portal in Turkey. It facilitates users to select their cuisines from various restaurant menus, receives orders…

Resistance is futile if you can’t control our minds I want to reach out to all governments; they should all surrender to the might of the Internet – any resistance is futile. Unless, that is, they do not pull…

Not the future, today is mobile I am sure that you have heard people say the future is mobile before. We have been writing about it for a long time now. Mark Zuckerberg is the latest CEO on…

Is social media going fake? Social media has been hyped in the business cycles for years now. The rise of platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Vkontakte, Orkut, Pinterest, Instagram etc. have enabled companies to reach millions with creative campaigns.…

Natural gas will be the new oil The technology industry is intertwined with many other industries. Therefore throughout history we can see that technological advances have created massive changes in industries that were about to vanish. These advancements can…