Have you been renting out multiple apartments on Airbnb? If you live in New York, you could be in trouble as the company has finally agreed to hand over names to… Read more »
Airbnb’s “sharing economy” business, which lets people rent out their homes for short times, is starting to resemble the traditional economy in a number of ways. Read more »
The people who oversee Wall Street are turning their attention to Bitcoin in a big way — there’s calls for a license system, but regulators have few details for now. Read more »
Google has made new concessions to guarantee its rivals a place in search results — but the new terms offer no strategic threat to the company’s overall position. Read more »
A popular site that lets city residents rent out their rooms is for the first time proposing to collect a tax in New York City — the news may represent a… Read more »
Scary incidents at companies like Lyft and Airbnb raise the question of whether regulation is the answer — or community response can work instead. Read more »
Many technology enthusiasts have a worldview that sees the government as bungling or evil. This is both unfair and not helpful in deciding hard policy choices. Read more »
Nevada became the first state in the country this week to legalize online gambling — but don’t expect this to change the fortunes of companies like Zynga anytime soon. Read more »
Advertising companies like Facebook and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) are usually on the front line of the digital privacy debate. But in a long-await… Read more »
As America’s top privacy cop, the Federal Trade Commission is in the thick of balancing tech and privacy issues. In the last year, it has be… Read more »