PayPal's $4B Honey acquisition is a bet on the affiliate model and loyalty programs, as it aims to control the starting point of a transaction alongside payment
Mike Jaconi / Business Insider : Tweets: @evanwray1 , @chrismaddern , and @mdudas Tweets: Evan Wray / @evanwray1 : Couldn't agree more with @michaeljaconi in that loyalty and stored value are the beg...
NY-based Button, which links apps to other apps for smoother mobile shopping, raises $30M Series C led by Icon Ventures; source: deal values company at $200M+
Yuliya Chernova / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @chrismaddern , @ychernova , and @mdudas Tweets: Chris Maddern / @chrismaddern : Excited to share that we've raised an additional $30 million to keep b...
How China, home of tech copycats like Baidu, Tencent, and JD, transformed into a hub for tech innovation
Clive Thompson / Wired : Tweets: @chrismaddern , @upulie and @balajis Tweets: Chris Maddern / @chrismaddern : 80% of hotel rooms in China are still booked offline. If that's not a billion $ market wa...