A video: “How WhatsApp Makes Money” Main points: 00:01 WhatsApp founders built a free messaging app without ads, in-app purchases or selling user data. 04:12 WhatsApp’s revenue strategy was largely based on attracting investors 08:16 Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp allowed them to extend their surveillance business and collect more personal data. 11:58 Facebook’s acquisition of … Read more
Turkish MP who suffered heart attack during speech in parliament dies As he was suffering a heart attack after a harsh criticism of the government, a ruling party MP allegedly shouted at him, saying that this was the real wrath of god. During the speech, Hasan Bitmez, a member of the Saadet Party, criticized the … Read more
A journalism student from a different university asked me questions and expected written answers for his graduation thesis. I told him if I answered all these questions in a written form, I would write an essay about it. Sometimes, I receive questionnaires like this, which demand a significant amount of time. Hopefully, he will interview … Read more
Toxicity in Turkish football finally lead to a next level of crisis: Attack on a referee The attack was started by a club president. Let’s see what happens to him since he is well connected to ruling party circles. Halil Umut Meler, a Turkish football referee, was the victim of a shocking act of violence … Read more
00:00 Evan Spiegel and Reggie created Snapchat, a photo-sharing app that disappears, which became a multi-billion dollar idea. 02:38 Snapchat’s success was driven by its appeal to teenagers and its unique features. 05:13 Snapchat refused to sell to Facebook and faced competition from Facebook’s clone app Poke. 07:50 Snapchat’s success and potential led to Facebook’s … Read more
There is too much anxiety about autonomous AI agents, but humans with power always have the upper hand and do not care about ethics and regulations… The Gospel: Israel turns to a new AI system in the Gaza war Israel has been using artificial intelligence (AI) in the recent war against Hamas. The IDF has … Read more
*Well, I should add Erdoğan’s hostile rhetoric here:) Here is the summary of events: During his visit to Athens, President Erdogan visited the Turkish Embassy in Athens accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Treasury and Finance[1]. President Erdogan also signed a friendship accord with Greece, saying that the two countries … Read more
While we were flying back to İstanbul from Adana after an intense day of media training, Sinem took these photos. Turkish Airlines should pay us:) Taken by Iphone latest model. Now we are in Amsterdam to celebrate our first marriage anniversary. Maybe more photos will come!
We have organized a full-day event about “Artificial Intelligence for Social Good” at Istanbul Bilgi University. It was part of the AI Literacy Project, supported by Google Turkiye. The meeting was held in the Energy Museum. If you wonder about the setting in the photo above, The first part was for a group of students, … Read more
Main points: 00:04 Tinder monetizes loneliness through a genius strategy 02:10 Tinder introduced upgrades like Tinder Platinum to address the issue of drying out matches and messages. 04:07 Tinder’s rapid growth and success was fueled by its marketing strategy on college campuses and the addictive swipe feature. 06:02 Controversy surrounding sexual harassment claims, lawsuits, and … Read more
00:01 The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, was abruptly fired, leading to chaos and internal revolt. 02:04 Sam Alman and Greg Brockman were fired from OpenAI without any clear reason or explanation 03:54 Sam Ultman gets his job back at Open AI 05:51 The board fired the CEO of OpenAI due to disagreements and lack … Read more
During the pandemic, I started to follow TikTok. It was the first social media platform where I could not become a real content producer. However, it has become a good venue to follow so much stuff and popular trends I would miss otherwise. A few days ago, I thought, why not list what I have … Read more
00:00 Myspace’s decline from most visited website to nostalgic memory 03:03 MySpace was created to improve on Friendster and launched in 2003 with a unique customizable feature 06:05 MySpace gained rapid popularity due to user-generated content and promotion of musicians, but its lack of moderation led to serious issues. 09:04 Myspace faced backlash due to … Read more
Unlike the European countries, I do not observe any genuine popular rallies about the Israel-Hamas conflict. The Islamists appropriated the Palestine case so powerfully that no others would like to be involved in any rallies. That does not mean that citizens are insensitive, but it is quite difficult to frame the case without aligning with … Read more
00:05 Illegal streaming and torrenting is on the rise 01:35 BitTorrent revolutionized file sharing by enabling decentralized downloads from multiple users at once. 02:52 YIFY became the go-to source for watchable 1080p films. 04:11 YIFY became the easiest place to access new films and implemented cloudflare to counteract blocking attempts 05:36 YIFY, the popular … Read more