The technology industry’s dirty secret: most products are frighteningly insecure

M. Kleppmann, here. 

Design of Search Engine Services: Channel Interdependence in Search Engine Results

B. Edelman, Z. Lai, here. 

Issues Paper On Foresight for Digital Development

UNCTAD, here. 

KLM now uses Facebook Messenger for boarding passes, flight info, and customer service

VentureBeat, here. 

Hollywood Deals in Spotlight as EU Builds Antitrust Film Case

Bloomberg, here. 

A Typology of Privacy

B.-J. Koops, B. Clayton Newell, T. Timan, I. Škorvánek, T. Chokrevski, M. Galič, here.

Patent licencing: CCI can look into cases if allegations of abuse of dominance are involved, says Delhi HC

Indianexpress.com, here.
Judgment here. 

EU Privacy Reg Data Portability May Affect Controllers

S. Gardner, here. 

LG Berlin: Amazon haftet für urheberrechtswidrige Bilder seiner Marketplace-Verkäufer

Dr-bahr.com, hier. 

Off-Topic: Scientists for EU Campaign – Written evidence

Data.parliament.uk, here. 

Why Microsoft just made a big bet on bots

The Verge, here.

(Interestingly, MS fought hard against the browser replacing the desktop OS as the new platform, as every antitrust scholar knows; now MS - not alone, though - is "on the other side" and pushing hard for the bot store to replace the app store. Reactions from the incumbents at risk of being displaced or general and rather peaceful transition towards the new largely AI-fueled paradigm?).

Microsoft is bringing bots to Skype — and everywhere else

TechCrunch, here. 

This student put 50 million research articles online. And they’re free.

WashingtonPost, here. 

Microsoft CEO: ‘Bots are the new apps'

Mashable, here.

Clippy’s Back: The Future of Microsoft Is Chatbots

Bloomberg, here. 

Consumer Protection in E-commerce - OECD Recommendation

Here.

Pipelines, Platforms, and the New Rules of Strategy

M. Van Alstyne, G. Parker, S. Choudary, here.

Monopolizing Water in a Tsunami: Finding Sensible Antitrust Rules for Big Data

D. Balto, M. Cameron Lane, here. 

How would Brexit affect EU patent protection?

TheGuardian, here. 

Vertical restraints: new evidence from a business survey

Accent and Oxera for the CMA, here.
See also the Summary note of the CMA roundtable on vertical restraints 16 January 2015, here.

"What vertical restraints are businesses using and what are their main motivations for doing so?"
Seriously, did they expect businesses to answer "for anti-competitive reasons"?

Blockchain: Spider or Starfish Effect?

R. French, here. 

Using Adblock Plus to block ads is legal, rules German court—for the fifth time

ArsTechnica, here. 

What is a Robot?

The Atlantic, here. 

Commitment Decisions in Antitrust Cases

OECD Secretariat, here. 

Fidelity Rebates

OECD Secretariat, here. 

In the wake of Apple v FBI, we need to address some uncomfortable truths

J. Powles, E. Chaparro, here. 

The Platform Revolution

Interview with G. Parker, Here.

Snapchat update targets rivals’ territory

FT, here. 

Facebook, Google, Amazon May Be Caught Up In Netflix Regulatory Flap

Investors.com, here. 

Whither Game Theory?

D. Fudenberg, D. Levine, here. 

Profits are too high. America needs a giant dose of competition

TheEconomist, here. 

“Search disruption is coming!” and 9 other expert insights From LSA16

Searchengineland, here. 

Spontaneous Deregulation

B. Edelman, D. Geradin, here. 

AI progress fails to convince all investors

FT, here.

Is the world moving towards more or less competition in capital-intensive industries?

J. Levin, here.

Droit au déréférencement : sanction de 100.000 € à l’encontre de Google

CNIL, ici.

Network Effects Aren't Enough

A. Hagiu, S. Rothman, here. 

Big Data is Watching: Growing Digital Data Surveillance of Consumers by ISPs and Other Leading Video Providers

Center for Digital Democracy, here. 

Data protection through the lens of competition law: will Germany lead the way?

I. Graef and B. Van Alsenoy, here. 

Plateforme Le.taxi - Avis rendu au gouvernement

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Philadelphia Taxi Association files antitrust lawsuit versus Uber

PennRecord, here.

Meet the tech exec who wants the cloud to be Google’s moneymaker

Wired, here. 

Public consultation on the role of publishers in the copyright value chain and on the 'panorama exception

EC, Here.

Encryption - A matter of human rights

Amnesty International, here.

Legislation implementing the Marrakesh Treaty in Canada

 Parliament of Canada, here.

Google Now Card Offers Movie Piracy Advice

Torrentfreak, Here.

Platform regulation — ex-ante versus ex-post intervention: evolving our antitrust tools and practices to meet the challenges

A. Chisholm & N. Jung, Here.

Bußgelder im Sanitär-Kartell

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

CrowdSignals Aims to Create a Marketplace for Smartphone Sensor Data

NYTimes, here. 

Almost everyone is doing the API economy wrong

TechCrunch, here. 

Kartellamt nimmt DFB ins Visier

FAZ, hier. 

My Take on FBI’s “Alternative” Method

J. Zdziarski, here. 

Energy market investigation - Provisional decision on remedies

CMA, here (758 pages).

PCW: 357-391.

Consumers’ Privacy Choice in the Big Data Era

S. Dengler, J. Prüfer, here.

Regulierung von Digitalen Vermittlungsplattformen für Privatfahrer

vzbv, hier. 

Google’s right-side Adpocalypse: What really happened (DATA)

SearchEngineLand, here.

On newspapers and ebooks, the Justice Department's antitrust theory is obsolete

LATimes, here.

The Global Privacy Enforcement Network

Annual Report (2015), here. 

Automating the Professions: Utopian Pipe Dream or Dystopian Nightmare?

F. Pasquale, here. 

Taxi And Private Hire Car Licensing – Consultation on The Impact of Modern Technology

The Scottish Government, here. 

Lufthansa says other airlines will follow GDS surcharge move

Tnooz, here. 

How the FCC's Privacy Proposal Could Affect More Than ISPs

AdAge, here. 

Data Protection Practitioners' Conference 2016

Recordings and Presentations here. 

Apple ‘privacy czars’ grapple with internal conflicts over user data

VentureBeat, here. 

La menace d’une saisie du code source des iPhone serait crédible

Numerama, ici. 

Google looks to big data to cut traffic and create new product

SiliconBeat, here. 

Why real-time search algorithm updates may be bad news

SearchEngineLand, here. 

Spotify inks “no copyright claim” royalty deal with music publishers

ArsTechnica, here. 

No, the On-Demand Economy Isn’t About to Implode

WIRED, here. 

The death of Instagram for brands

TechCrunch, here. 

Newsonomics: In Southern California’s newspaper chaos, is anyone really speaking for the readers?

NiemanLab, here. 

Renzi puts brakes on Italy taxi reform

FT, here. 

Geo-blocking practices in e-commerce

EC, here. 

EU-Kartellrechtsuntersuchung: Geoblocking grassiert im Netz

Heise.de, hier. 

Data Wars: The banks awaken

AFR, here. 

FTC Amicus Brief Urges Appeals Court to Correct Legal Errors in District Court’s Antitrust Analysis of Reverse-Payment Agreement

FTC, here.

Big Data, Small Competitive Advantage?

Medium, here.

HOTEL ONLINE BOOKING SECTOR: THE COMMITMENTS OF ‘BOOKING’ AND THE MOST FAVORED NATION CLAUSES. A CASE CONDUCTED IN COOPERATION WITH OTHER NATIONAL COMPETITION AUTHORITIES

G. Cipolla, here.

Adblocking: The End of Free?

BBC Radio 4, Podcast here.

Government response on Harper ‘effects-test’ recommendation

Competition Law, here.

Fees Fought in TV Tube Antitrust Settlement

Courthousenews, here.

Des Québécois « ubérisent » le conseil.

LesEchos, ici.

Et si le prix unique du livre était aboli ?

F. Lévêque, ici.

Behavioural Insights Applied to Policy: European Report 2016

EC, here

Sweden’s publishers are joining forces to simultaneously block ad-block users

Digiday, here.

Sci-Hub: research piracy and the public good

TimesHigherEducation, here.

Apples Doppelmoral

FAZ, hier..

Globalization is becoming more about data and it's changing the competitive landscape

S. Lund, J. Manyika, J. Bughin, here.

10 March 2016: Internet Independence Day, no less.

TheGuardian, here.

Russian court turns down Google appeal in anti-monopoly case

ChannelNewsAsia, here.

How Much Personal Data Do You Give Your ISP?

BigThink, here.

Avant le déluge: le travail invisible des données

J. Denis, ici.

Study of the Impact of the Tobacco Plain Packaging Measure on Smoking Prevalence in Australia

T. Chipty, here.

Yelp’s Head of EU Public Policy: Europe Strategy Depends on Google Antitrust Case

Streetfightmag, here.

The CMA’s Energy Market Provisional Remedies: Right Direction but Inadequate, and Missing an Important Trick

D. Deller, here.
Also here.

LG Düsseldorf: Like-Button und Social-Plugins sind rechtswidrig (FAQ zum Urteil)

T. Schwenke, hier. 

Online Privacy and ISPs: ISP Access to Consumer Data is Limited and Often Less than Access by Others

P. Swire, J. Hemmings, A. Kirkland, here. 

Google says 'not now, not ever' will it become an OTA

Travelweekly, here. 

Resultados preliminares del estudio sobre los nuevos modelos de prestación de servicios y la economía colaborativa

CNMC, aquì.
Consulta pública aquì. 

UK and the EU: Benefits, Misconceptions and Alternatives

Lawyers-In for Britain, here.

Berichtsflut über Preisinsel Schweiz

NZZ.ch, hier. 

Strategia per il mercato unico digitale in Europa

G. Pitruzzella, here. 

Italy to adopt first "Sharing Economy Act" in Europe -- but does it share EU law principles?

R. Cohen, here.
See also here (in Italian)

Uber seems to offer better service in areas with more white people. That raises some tough questions

WashingtonPost, here. 

A vision for Market Research in an Information Age

CitizenMe, here. 

Two Powerful Mental Models: Network Effects and Critical Mass

T. Griffin, here. 

Bitcoin and Diversity

Stratechery.com, here. 

The intersection of data protection and antitrust law - finally a spot on case in the EU

M. Hall, here.

Counterfeit crackdown: Microchips hidden in luxury heels & bags

TheMemo, here.
See also here.

Even the UNWTO is talking about the sharing economy

TNooz, here. 

Potential Antitrust Implications of MFN Clauses

J. McKeown, M. Meckstroth, here. 

It's Your Data: Empowering Broadband Consumers to Protect Privacy

T. Wheeler, here. 

Do stricter environmental policies hurt export competitiveness?

OECD, here. 

Competing fairly in business – why it matters to start-ups

CMA, here.

Yeah, sure, think Skoosh for instance.

A State-Powered Green Revolution

M. Mazzucato, here. 

German Regional Court: Consent necessary when implementing the Facebook Like-Button

C. Piltz, here. 

The evolution of advertising: a technology tipping point

Ctrl-shift.co.uk, here. 

Appfail:Threats to Consumers in Mobile Apps

Norwegian Consumer Council, here. 

The New Mind Control

R. Epstein, here.

Cited article here. 

Opera integriert Adblocker

Heise.de, hier.

La donnée, nouveau carburant de l’économie

Lenouveleconomiste, Ici.

What Airbnb’s blockchain authentication proposal means for privacy online

TheStack, here.

CMA sets out energy market changes

CMA, here.

The inner workings of Digital Disruption

@PlatRevolution, here. 

Biometrics Are Coming, Along With Serious Security Concerns

Wired, here. 

Services de géolocalisation des VTC

Conseil d’État, ici. 

Instagram kills newly launched ‘Being’ app, which saw 50K downloads its first week

TechCrunch, here. 

Lonely Journey: From Economics to Law and Back

F. Jenny, Video here. 

Web Scale Analysis of Third-Party Tracking

T. Libert, Video, here.

Google’s New Mobile Tool Lets You Compare Destinations by Price

Skift.com, here. 

Facebook se lance dans la course aux droits sportifs

Numérama, ici. 

Data brokers and profiling in the Netherlands

F. Kreiken, here. 

Crowd-Based Capitalism? Empowering Entrepreneurs in the Sharing Economy

A. Sundararajan, here. 

The One-Way Mirror: Public attitudes to commercial access to health data

Ipsos Mori for the Wellcome Trust, here.

liqz-Studie beleuchtet die Gefahren von Tracking für die Privatsphäre

Mittelstand-nachrichten.de, hier. 

Competition: raising the anti

Lawgazette.co.uk, here. 

Google Search gets Destinations

VentureBeat, here.

Google Sides With Facebook Amid Data Dominance Probe

Bloomberg, here.

Brexit - Gaining or losing the competitive edge?

Allen & Overy, here.

Highlights from the Competition Bureau’s Workshop on Emerging Competition Issues

Competition Bureau Canada, here. 

Copyright, Competition, and the Digital Single Market

P. Ibanez Colomo, here, 

Google nimmt Anzeigen direkt auf seine Seite

FAZ, hier. 

Passenger rail services: competition policy project

CMA, here. 

ACLU Urges Feds To Adopt Privacy Rules For Broadband And Cable

FastCompany, here. 

Did Apple do a shady deal to get more movies/music in the Middle East?

VentureBeat, here. 

IAB Creates Guide for Publishers to Combat Ad Blocking

AdAge.com, here. 

Complaint regarding unfair contractual terms in the Terms of Use for the mobile application Tinder

 Norwegian Consumer Council, here.

Does working at Google give you access to the data of users?

B. White, here.

(In the "good reasons" we trust).

Vendor Relationship Management (VRM) - the flipside of CRM

Diginomica, here. 

Instagram blocks links to Snapchat and Telegram

TheGuardian, here. 

"Facebook ist ein Monopolist"

FAZ, hier. 

U.S. Chamber of Commerce sues Seattle over Uber, Lyft ordinance

Reuters, here. 

Antitrust and 'Big Data': New Terrain for Inquiry?

S. Goldfein, J. Keyte, here. 

The Apparent Androidopoly Antitrust Case

S. Cleland, here. 

Bundeskartellamt eröffnet Verfahren gegen Facebook wegen Verdachts auf Marktmachtmissbrauch durch Datenschutzverstöße

Bundeskartellamt, hier.