Amazon Web Services, Anthropic, Federal Trade Commission, TikTok and Florida are this week’s stories 1-Amazon to invest $4 billion into Anthropic Amazon announced that it will invest up to $4 billion into Anthropic, the AI startup known for its Claude chatbot. As you’ll -probably- remember, Anthropic is […]
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Top 3 tech, startup and sustainability stories of the week 18th-22nd March, 2024
Apple, YouTube and UK’s food waste sustainability efforts are this week’s top 3 stories 1-Apple in touch with Google to use Gemini Apple is reported in negotiations with Google to bring its Gemini generative AI technology to the iPhone, according to Bloomberg . Apple’s CEO, Tim […]
Turkey’s first airport loyalty app launched
Users can earn points at every purchase at the airport Sabiha Gokcen International Airport launched ISG PORTPAL, a rewards program for frequent travellers to maximise their benefits at the airport. With ISG PORTPAL, Sabiha Gokcen passengers can get personalised offers at the airport as well […]
eBay unplugs Turkey
eBay stops operations in Turkey via its subsidiary, GittiGidiyor
Introducing Turkish tech journalists: Hanife Baş
She is one of the few female tech journalists in the Turkish media with around 20 years of experience Hanife Baş is one the few female journalists in tech media. Currently working as a tech writer at daily Milliyet, she started her career at the […]
Turkish Parliament passes law regulating social media
Social media sites could face fines and have throttled by up to 90 percent The Turkish Parliament passed a law that gives authorities more powers to control social media content last week. The law entails foreign social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook to appoint Turkish-based representatives to […]
Introducing VCs in Turkey: 212
212 is aiming the second fund and planning to invest in up to 15 startups. 212’s Ali Karabey shared their plans and criteria for the investments As one of the first VCs in Turkey, 212 saw the potential for entrepreneurial and technical talent in the […]
Introducing VCs in Turkey: Revo Capital
Starting this week I’ll be interviewing VCs in Turkey. Cenk Bayrakdar, Managing Director at Revo Capital, explained future plans for Fund II recently announced As you are aware of I was introducing the Turkish startups. From this week on I will be introducing VCs in […]
Turks bought TL 17 billion of consumer electronics in Q1: GfK Temax
Highest growth comes from information technology category due to demand for laptops and desktops as a result of COVID-19 GfK, a consultancy and research firm, said Turks bought TL 17.2 billion of consumer electronics in Q1. That means consumer electronics industry grew 20.8% as compared […]
Twitter shuts down more than 7 thousand accounts in Turkey
The accounts were also used for commercial activities, such as cryptocurrency-related spam Twitter announced to closed down more than seven thousand accounts in Turkey. Social media giant said they detected a network of accounts that was employing false activity. Such activities targeted the Turkish users, […]