We asked for flying cars and all we got was the entire planet communicating instantly via pocket supercomputers

2014-10-28

Benedict Evans has a new presentation about the explosive growth of internet-connected smartphones. By 2020, 80% of adults on earth will…

"The great ideas have come from people who weren’t paid to have great ideas"

2014-10-20

It is only afterward that a new idea seems reasonable. To begin with, it usually seems unreasonable. It seems the height of unreason to…

"A lot of the best tech startups are ideas that have been around for years"

2014-10-15

A lot of the best tech startups are ideas that have been around for years but the time is finally right. * Some people get jaded. "We tried…

"A standard protocol for machines to negotiate bitcoin payments for resources"

2014-10-14

Great idea from Brian Armstrong of Coinbase: 1/ Seems like there should be a standard protocol for machines to negotiate bitcoin payments…

"You actually have to remind yourself not to believe"

2014-10-09

[Virtual Reality] is the last medium. We’re at the very beginning of it, but version 147 is The Matrix or Total Recall. Our brain is no…

Some ideas for native bitcoin apps

2014-10-04

Fred Wilson calls applications built using Bitcoin that couldn't have existed prior to Bitcoin "native Bitcoin apps". Most of the…