Interesting article about Uber's New CEO. Looks like Uber might be taking bitcoin soon.

http://fortune.com/2017/08/30/uber-ceo-dara-khosrowshahi-bitcoin/

There is a petition set up on change.org to get Amazon to accept Bitcoin. This would be a major step in making Bitcoin more mainstream. If people not using BTC seen they were able to use it on Amazon it would help it become more accepted. As of posted 3,700+ have signed it.

https://www.change.org/p/jeff-bezos-amazon-com-should-accept-bitcoin-and-litecoin-cryptocurrency-as-payment-methods-asap