This week’s stories are about tech, startup and sustainability, coming from Egypt, Mexico and the USA 1-NASA, IBM unveil AI ‘Digital Twin’ of the sun to improve solar storm forecasting NASA and IBM have joined forces on a project called Surya, an AI system designed […]
Turkey expects 5G to transform its digital infrastructure, boosting mobile internet speeds at least tenfold Turkey will hold its long-awaited 5G spectrum tender on Oct. 16, with commercial services set to begin in April 2026, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu announced. (Link in Turkish) […]
This week’s stories are about tech, and gadgets, coming from China, UK and USA 1-Apple sues Oppo, alleging theft of trade secrets Apple has filed a lawsuit against Chinese smartphone maker Oppo, accusing the company of hiring away one of its top engineers to steal […]
This week’s stories are about tech, AI and sustainability, coming from Taiwan and the USA 1-Delivery drones near wider takeoff in the U.S: FAA Delivery drones may soon become a common sight in American neighborhoods. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed new regulations that […]
TÜPRAŞ aims to invest in new technology startups in the U.S. and Europe to contribute to the energy transformation Turkey Petroleum Refineries Inc. (TÜPRAŞ) has signed a long-term cooperation contract with the Emerald Industrial Innovation Fund. The company is a subsidiary of Emerald Technology Ventures […]
More than 9,800 patent applications submitted in H1 2020, per TurkPatent data The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TurkPatent) received 86,847 trademark applications in H1 2020, according to data released last week. on Thursday. 78,038 of them were domestic, the data said. Trademark applications up […]
Food and markets saw the highest rise in transactions via debit and credit cards, up 400% on an annual basis Spurred by the COVID-19, Turkey’s e-commerce went up 64% YoY in the first half of 2020, Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan said. The January-June figure […]
As a 3 years old social startup, Givin is planning to expand to the Middle East to take raise awareness for NGOs Givin is a social startup that sells the products donated by brands, celebrities and users for social good. Having founded by Başak Sucuka […]
A career of 24 years in tech journalism, Mızrak never regreted to choose journalism For Ahmet Mızrak, journalism is love. “I chose journalism with the predominance of my love at the stage of whether it is a profession where I will earn a lot of […]
Barış Özistek believes Turkish start-ups are hardworker, on the other hand, multicultural working environment is weak in the Turkish startup ecosystem, he added As in the most VCs, Boğaziçi Ventures’ first rule is also to consider the team before investing in a start-up. On the […]
They bought more than 400 houses and Belt and Road Initiative helped to increase the interest for homebuyers Chinese nationals bought a total of 415 houses in the January-June period. In June they were in third place with 78 units purchased, announced by Turkish Statistical […]
Triggered by COVID-19, contactless payments tripled and reached 563 million Payments via debit and credit cards in Turkey increased 10% year-on-year in H1 of this year amidst concerns of COVID-19, according to Interbank Card Center (BKM). “While payment behavior continues to change with the pandemic period, a total of 500 billion Turkish liras […]
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 […]
Authorities to opt instead for locally developed applications with servers in control of the agency or with servers located inside Turkey New guidelines from the Turkish Presidency’s Digital Transformation Office (CBDDO) have called for ending the use of popular apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram […]
