How Many Turkish FriendFeed Users Are There?
One Comment by Arda Kutsal on November 25, 2009
As social media increases its popularity, one of the questions I hear most is “How many Turkish FriendFeed users are there?”… Sometimes this question is directed at me, while I see it in discussions about FriendFeed at times. A large number of users refer to FFholic for the answer, without knowing its owner, or give [...]
Webrazzi is Just in the Middle of Social Media!
No Comment by Hasan Başusta on November 25, 2009
While I was having a look at Google Trends data today, I saw two interesting and pleasing data. According to this data, Webrazzi is one of the most visited websites visited by people who visit FriendFeed in Turkey (see Also Visited). For Twitter, Webrazzi is the second of the websites visited the most. It is [...]
NotebookPlatformu.com and Its Earnings Model
No Comment by Hasan Başusta on November 25, 2009
Notebook Platformu is a service with the aim of gathering all laptop users under a single roof. Established in 2007 and been fully active for only one year, Notebook Platformu has 58 thousand members. The service is the newest initiative of Hayal Akademisi, which realized Kulüp Vaio project, is based on a similar but wider concept [...]
93 Percent of Turkish Internet Users Googled in September!
One Comment by Ali Altuğ KOCA on November 24, 2009
comScore released a new report concerning Internet usage in Turkey based on September data. According to this report, than 19.7 million people age 15 and older accessed the Internet from a home or work location in Turkey during the month, viewing an average of 3,070 pages of content and spending an average of 31.6 hours [...]
Miaposta: Life Guide with One E-mail a Day
No Comment by Arda Kutsal on November 9, 2009
Gone online in May 2009 with the motto “Lifeguide for urban women”, Miaposta is a service that shares content that may interest its members via sending them one e-mail a day. This service has sped up its growth with the huge awareness it has created among Internet users. The founders of this initiative are Etel [...]
Minister Binali Yildirim’s Reaction to Google Tax Issue
No Comment by Hasan Başusta on November 9, 2009
As we have mentioned in the previous article, Webstar Turkey awards took place with Minister of Transport Binali Yildirim’s address to the audience. Yildirim’s speech lasted for half an hour and he made striking comments on Google’s tax issue. In the awards ceremony, Yildirim underlined without naming Google that tax penalty of 71 million Turkish liras [...]
Whispurr: Micro-Whispering Service
No Comment by Fırat Demirel on November 9, 2009
We have started to see new models on micro blogging in Turkey and worldwide following Twitter. One of these is Whispurr, a new micro blogging service that seems more functional with its features and targets. The service, which gets its name from the verb whisper, is trying to make micro blogging a more active and efficient [...]
A New Guide to Activities and Places: Aktifite.Net
No Comment by Arda Kutsal on November 6, 2009
Created combining “aktif” (active) and “aktivite” (activity), Aktifite is a social platform that is still in private beta. The initiative is very new yet, and the service lets its users find the information on activities easily and fast with the network built around activities, places and artists. Aktifite calls itself “an activity agenda”. While it [...]
oDesk Exceeds $100 Million… We Want a Freelancer Website in Turkey!
One Comment by Ali Altuğ KOCA on November 6, 2009
oDesk, one of the websites bringing freelancers and project owners together, exceeded the limit with the economy it has created. oConomy counter has been counting the amount of money that is paid and received for the projects completed since the website was launched and it has exceeded $100 million. The website has a wide range [...]
For Those Who Think About Football 24/7: Ofansif.com
No Comment by Arda Kutsal on November 5, 2009
Ofansif.com is a website for Internet users who think about football 24 hours a day. It provides social and content sharing service for football fans. This start-up which was launched a short while ago, has more than 15 thousand members in the first month. Ofansif.com lets its users make their own tribune groups, and goes [...]