How WeChat is Changing the Internet

A fascinating New York Times article and video explain how China’s walled-gardens like WeChat could be the future of the Internet for the west. But its not just the New York Times, in June Bloomberg wrote about Life in the People’s Republic of WeChat and this week’s Economist has a feature WeChat’s world: China’s WeChat shows the way…

The Regulators Strike Back: New Apps, Web Models Bump Against 20th Century Regulatory Restraints

In a battle of 21st Century business models and 20th Century regulatory regimes, the regulators may be winning round 1. In Los Angeles, the city’s taxicab administrator sent letters to Uber, Lyft and Sidecar explaining that [d]ue to the fact that your company has no permits or license to transport passengers for hire, in the…