Before allowing states to tax online sales, Congress should first require states to eliminate protectionist laws limiting e-commerce.

If self-service technology were more widely deployed, the economy would be approximately $130 billion larger annually.

ITIF President Rob Atkinson will speak at an event with former President Bill Clinton and others to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first dot-com.

ITIF is marking the 25th anniversary of the very first .com with a comprehensive report that reviews the evolution of the Internet economy into a transformational part of daily life and a trillion dollar engine of innovation.

Twenty-five years ago the first dot-com was created. Today there are over 80 million .coms, creating $10 trillion in economic activity globally.

As the dot-com celebrates its 25th anniversary, Rob Atkinson looks forward to the next 25 years of the commercial Internet

Join ITIF to discuss a new report documenting the current state of digital piracy and describing how innovative technology such as content identification can be used to reduce piracy.

Imagine being able to use your mobile phone to pay taxi and mass transit fare; use vending machines; make retail purchases; and check in at hotels. Every day, millions of citizens in Japan, S. Korea, and soon Singapore do so simply by waving their mobile phones in front of point-of-sale terminals using near-field communication or related technology. But, while the technology is readily available in the US, it will be some time before Americans can use their cellphones as mobile wallets.

In this report ITIF identifies the leading nations in mobile payments, explains why the United States lags so far behind, and offers a set of policy recommendations for how the federal government can take steps to speed the arrival and adoption of more sophisticated forms of mobile commerce transactions.