First Mover Disadvantage
Getting to something first has tremendous advantages but also comes with a bunch of challenges.
I was thinking about this yesterday as I was setting up a couple iPads to be used around our house as sm...
This Week In Techdirt History: Augusts 12th - 18th
Five Years Ago
This week in 2013, the White House incredibly put James Clapper in charge of independent NSA review, then tried to change its tune a bit when people rightly pointed out that this was...
Gaming in Asia may be crypto’s killer decentralized app
As money and talent flows into the crypto and blockchain worlds, a persistent question keeps coming up: what is going to be the “killer app” that drives adoption for these nascent technologies? Th...
Spotify and other streaming services have an ad-blocking problem
For listeners who don’t want their playlists or podcasts interrupted by ads, Spotify’s answer has always been simple: pay up. A premium subscription — which runs about $10 a month — is how Spo...
Five At Five: Does Walmart Have A Secret Weapon?
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at today’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes discussion of an edge that Walmart may have on Amazon, along with big funding news in the w...
Bank Of China And China UnionPay Unveil Blockchain Partnership
To look into blockchain payment applications, Bank of China (BOC) is teaming up with China UnionPay. The tie-up was fueled by regulatory requirements as well as market demand, and provides opportuniti...
