Most ICOs and their supporters face a range of cybercrime attempts. As an advisor at several blockchain projects, I see how hackers and scammers work day and night to steal money on the hype. …

Five takeaways from the recent Apple event Let’s admit it — Apple’s September presentation is a standard-setting event of the year. And it’s not just because of the technologies it demonstrates. Instead, it’s all about Apple’s new vision and strategy for the next year. …

My thoughts on Gartner’s new Technology Hype Cycle Report Every day in Silicon Valley, people try to analyze what technology is hot now and what will be hot tomorrow. Or next month. Or in the next 5 years. …

My take on five reasons to opt-in to on-demand mobility — For the past hundred years, car ownership has been a cornerstone of American culture. However, studies show the number of Americans interested in buying cars drops year over year. Millennials don’t even want to get a driver’s license anymore! …

My View on Five Motivational Factors of Top Tech Executives — If you haven’t heard of Google’s restructuring into Alphabet, the only excuse could be laying on the beach and sipping margaritas. …

My Take on Five Stories on Influencer Marketing How many world class celebrities were there 50 years ago? Maybe a few dozen actors, several dozen singers, some politicians, sportsmen, and others? Anyway, it was still a three or four digit count. Social media disrupted the concept of celebrity, just like…

My Take on the Top 5 Tech Stories of the Week — Literacy in the 21st century is far from just reading and writing skills. In fact, it’s more than typing, using email or searching online. The basic skill of the new generation, allowing people to change their lifestyles, social statuses, even geography? It’s coding. Code is a universal language of digital…

Top 5 Tech Stories of the Week — Have you ever calculated how much a year you spend on Uber, Airbnb, and other resource-sharing services? And how much you earn with them? The romance of the sharing economy is built on three pillars: It’s affordable (compared to traditional service providers), it allows participants to earn some cash, and…

Top 5 human tech stories of the week — My generation is lucky. Those before us had decades, if not centuries, of time for their dreams to come true. Now the gap between dreaming and changing the world shrinks to years and months — at least here in Silicon Valley. Last week we mourned Satoru Iwata, who changed the…