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Apple and Samsung get agreements to start mobile payments in China and Target is reportedly investigating their own. Patrick Norton and Tom Merritt discuss why mobile payments is such a mess.
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Brazil briefly bans WhatsApp and Turner will kick off their new esports coverage with a CS:GO tourney at CES. Jenn Cutter talks with Tom Merritt about whether Turner can avoid past esports TV mistakes and…
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Europe's clamping down on piracy while the US tries to sneak in a cybersurveillance bill. Tom Merritt and Scott Johnson talk about that and why "Facebook" is still the top Google search of the year.
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Netflix plans to reduce data consumption by up to 20% by intelligently compressing every video and maybe every scene. They say we won't even notice. Todd Whitehead and Tom Merritt discuss.
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Should the Army act like a startup? Silicon Valley has its roots in military research so what can it do to help Defense get more agile? Peter Newell has some ideas and Veronica Belmont and…
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Real tech stories. Really shaky analysis.
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Tokyo's metropolitan police have a drone squad out to net illegal drones. Literally. They use a net. Darren Kitchen and Tom Merritt explain.
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Also, Comcast says data caps are just the same as paying for fuel and Verizon wants to let sponsors pay for your data caps. Are data caps here to stay? Tom Merritt and Justin Young…
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We know who invented Bitcoin. Yahoo is selling itself. Apple TV service canceled. These three statements are inaccurate. Tom Merritt and Scott Johnson tell you why.
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Gig economy? That's what you use to make money to buy things int he "Experience Economy" apparently. Will companies shift from selling things to selling memories and transformations? Tom Merritt and Patrick Beja talk about…
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Governments are now calling for tech companies to shut down social networking and other communications to bad actors. Is it possible? Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt discuss.
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Real tech stories. Really shaky analysis.
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