This week’s Weekly Wire features Uber’s partnership with TomTom, mobile payments on the rise in the UK, and YouTube’s plan to take on Spotify.
On-Demand
Airbnb modifies its pricing model
Uber partners with TomTom for map, traffic data
Dispatch rolls out ground-based delivery drones
Payments
Visa ranked as Top Bay Area Innovator by Thomas Reuters
Mobile payments surprises in the UK
Rakuten launches $100 million FinTech fund
Mobile Apps
YouTube is already a music-streaming giant. Now it has a music streaming app
Study: 57% of users say they’ll use apps more often in the future
Nintendo explains microtransactions in the most Nintendo way possible