Red HerringAsia’s Top Tech Trends in 2018: By the LettersAcross Southeast Asia, rising tech startups and firms are vying for glory in 2018. While artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality…Dec 22, 2017Dec 22, 2017
Red HerringTech Could Ease Some of Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe’s Biggest Problems — If the New Government Lets ItLast month Robert Mugabe was ousted as leader of Zimbabwe, bringing down 37 years of despotic rule. He was replaced by former ally Emmerson…Dec 6, 2017Dec 6, 2017
Red HerringSt Petersburg’s Startups Must Continue to Bootstrap, as Russia’s Economy Limits Investors to MoscowSt Petersburg is Europe’s fourth largest city, with 5.3 million inhabitants. It dwarfs other continental hubs like Berlin, Barcelona…Nov 27, 2017Nov 27, 2017
Red HerringSoccer’s Data Stars are Changing the Game Forever — And Making Money Doing ItIn 2014, Dutch soccer club Heracles Almelo was in trouble. It hovered just above the relegation zone of the country’s top domestic soccer…Nov 18, 2017Nov 18, 2017
Red HerringAs eSports Continues to Grow Apace, its Athletes and Startups are Winning BigThe headquarters of G2 Esports’ Berlin team, on first glance, looks every bit what you’d expect from the home of seven young gamers. Beds…Oct 30, 2017Oct 30, 2017
Red HerringJalisco’s Tech Boom: “The New US Government is Helping Mexico”To celebrate the Day of the Dead in Mexico, we’re re-publishing our three-part series on the blossoming Mexican tech industry — and how…Oct 30, 2017Oct 30, 2017
Red HerringFinally, After Years of Legislation and Mistrust, eNotary is Becoming Big BusinessPick an industry. Next, try to pick an industry that hasn’t been disrupted by technology. Can’t? Well if you’d have said ‘notaries’ a few…Oct 23, 2017Oct 23, 2017
Red HerringThe Dread Pirate and The Populist: Czech Tech Pros See Few Pluses in a Tough ElectionThis weekend Czechs go to the polls in a hotly-contested general election that pits a billionaire populist against his former colleague, a…Oct 20, 2017Oct 20, 2017
Red HerringAmid a Humanitarian Tragedy, Entrepreneurship is Being Kept Alive in YemenWhen Ibrahim Saleh began working in tech, barely anybody else understood what he did. It was 2006 and his home country of Yemen, torn by…Oct 17, 20171Oct 17, 20171
Red HerringMalta Already Became Europe’s Unlikely iGaming King. Its Startup Scene is Following SuitIn 2004, tiny Malta stole a vital march on its European neighbors. The island nation, nestled between Sicily, Tunisia and Libya in the…Oct 10, 2017Oct 10, 2017