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Weekend FinTech Reading, January 17 – 19, 2014
This week's fintech news, research and innovations for your reading enjoyment.
It’s the weekend, which means it's time to catch up on recent FinTech news and reading:
Finnovation: Seven new companies have been selected to join London-based FinTech Lab. (WSJ Market Watch)
Paying Taxes with Bitcoin? The third-party payment start-up allows for just that. (Forbes)
The Future, Google-fied: Robots, Nest and Google’s domination of the tech landscape. (New York Times)
RoboEarth: A World Wide Web just for robots? European lab tests cloud-based operating system for personal robots. (BBC)
$10 a Bitcoin? Why Bitcoin will become synonymous with digital currency. (Forbes)
Controlling the Coin: Some companies are attempting to launch a bitcoin-based derivatives market. (Wired)
Google and Amazon Battle to Host Data in the Cloud: Google increases cloud storage capability for data analytics platform Hadoop, while Amazon Cloud competitor GoGrid launches new data hosting service. (TechCrunch and Venturebeat)
Twitter meets E-Commerce: Twitter nearing deal with online payments start-up Stripe. (Re/Code)
The Future of Financial Services: What PayPal is up to in its New York City-based Innovation Center. (American Banker)
Wearable Technology and Big Data Moneyball: A digital coach perched right in your pocket. (New York Times)
Sacramento Kings Crowned First Pro Sports Team to Accept Bitcoin. (Wired)