Google sets Android security updates rules but enforcement is unclear

Search Security, here. 

Google seemingly preparing Assistant for Europe Android app unbundling w/ Voice Action Services

9to5Google, here and here. 

INOVAÇÕES NO MERCADO DE SERVIÇOS FINANCEIROS: COMO A REGULAÇÃO DAS FINTECHS MODIFICA A COMPETIÇÃO NO MERCADO?

F. Tito, aqui. 

How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the ‘Father of Android’

NYTimes, here.

HOW THREE FRENCH STUDENTS USED BORROWED CODE TO PUT THE FIRST AI PORTRAIT IN CHRISTIE’S

The Verge, here.
Sold for...here

Digital Platforms and Competition (in Mexico 2018)

OECD, here.

Individual and Collective Private Enforcement of Competition Law: Insights for Mexico

OECD, here.

We have to rewrite antitrust law to deal with tech monopolies, says ‘Positive Populism’ author Steve Hilton

Recode, here. 

Shaping Competition Policy in the Era of Digitisation

EC, Conference, Thursday 17 January 2019, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM CET, here.

Data superpowers in the age of AI: A research agenda

C. Biancotti, P. Ciocca, here. 

TOWARD MORE COMPETITION IN HIGH-TECH MARKETS? EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES

Interview with A. Walckiers, here. 

Obsolescenza programmata: Apple a Samsung sanzionate

AGCM, qui. 

Vente en ligne de matériel de motoculture interdite: l'après Coty

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Apple und die Banken brauchen sich gegenseitig

IT Finanzmagazin, hier. 

Uber’s Secret Restaurant Empire

Bloomberg, here.

It Might Get Loud: Inside Silicon Valley’s Battle to Own Voice Tech

Fortune, here. 

What Can U.S. v. Microsoft Teach About Antitrust and Multi-Sided Platforms?

FTC Hearings, Video here. 

Mobile app data sharing 'out of control'

BBC News, here. 

Google could finally face serious competition for Android

The Verge, here. 

The Opportunity Costs of Socialism

US Council of Economic Advisers, here.
Don't ask.

Uber to appeal Singaporean competition watchdog decision on Grab merger

Cityam.com, here. 

How Senator Mark Werner Wants to Rein In Big Tech

Slate Podcast, here (from 00:13:20).

Google tax on Android makers in the EU: Fee offset if Search and Chrome included alongside Play Store, of course

The Register, here. 

Avec ses « skills », Amazon veut créer l'App Store des assistants vocaux

LesEchos.fr, ici. 

IBM introduces Open Banking platform

FinExtra, hier. 

DSGVO: ICANN debattiert zentrales Whois und schon den Zugriff darauf

Heise.de, hier. 

Is a Cashless Society Problematic?

Bank of Canada, Staff Discussion Paper here. 

How smartphone apps track users and share data

FT, here. 

From local impact to European added value: Digital Innovation Hubs

R. Viola, here. 

Leading academics reveal: what are we getting wrong about AI?

Researchers at Oxford University, here. 

The Dynamics of Technology Adoption and Vertical Restraints: An Empirical Analysis

A. Eizenberg, A. Pechy and M. Sovinsky, here. 

RETHINKING PRIVACY IN THE AGE OF AI

Intel, here. 

Third Party Tracking in the Mobile Ecosystem

R. Binns et al., here. 

AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY OF SILICON VALLEY DISRUPTION

Wired, here. 

A look at the Android Market (aka Google Play) on its 10th Anniversary

TechCrunch, here. 

Portugal's Aptoide says wins first court ruling against Google

Reuters, here.
Aptoide's statement here. Also aqui.

Don’t Break Up The Tech Oligarchs. Force Them To Share Instead

Shift.newco.co, here.

BWB veröffentlicht Fairnesskatalog für Unternehmen

BWB, hier. 

After Taking Berlin, Germany's Uber for Buses Targets Manhattan

Bloomberg, here. 

Android and that Google's Blog Post on Proposed Remedies

VergeCast, here (from 40:32)

JPMorgan to open fintech campus in Silicon Valley

FinExtra, here. 

CMA sends tough message to business cheats with cartel campaign

CMA, here. 

Sony makes no concessions to EU regulators in EMI music bid

Reuters, here. 

Acquisitions in the third party tracking industry: competition and data protection aspects

E. Bietti, R. Binns, here. 

Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World: A Talk at Google

A. Giridharadas, here ("this is going to be like therapy").

US banks and fintechs form group to tackle customer data-sharing

FinExtra, here. 

Calculating art

Aeon, here. 

Weaponizing the Digital Influence Machine: The Political Perils of Online Ad Tech

Data & Society, here. 

PERSONALISED PRICING IN ESSENTIAL MARKETS

Frontier Economics for Citizens Advice, here. 

The Prophets of Cryptocurrency Survey the Boom and Bust

The New Yorker, here. 

Google app suite costs as much as $40 per phone under new EU Android deal

The Verge, here. 

As if the Last 30 Years Never Happened”: Towards a New Law and Economics

S. Naidu, E. Ash, here. 

Want to understand the future of Android in Europe? Look at China

The Verge, here. 

The urgent case for a new ePrivacy law

G. Buttarelli, here. 

The Amazon investigation and Europe’s “Big Tech” Crusade

D. Auer, here. 

Lawsuits Over Paparazzi Images on Instagram Raise Celebrity Questions Over Right of Publicity

The Fashion Law, here. 

Commission approves acquisition of GitHub by Microsoft

EC, here.

Europe’s Attacks on Google Are Backfiring

Bloomberg, here.

I’m an Amazon Employee. My Company Shouldn’t Sell Facial Recognition Tech to Police.

Medium, here.  Background hier. 

“Start Me Up”: Start-Up Nations, Innovation, and Antitrust Policy

M. Delrahim, here. 

Santé: ouverture d’une consultation publique

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Évolution d’Android en Europe : vers des smartphones plus chers ?

Numérama, ici. 

Google Turns EU Regulatory Violations Into Fees

Bloomberg, here.

Philippine watchdog fines Grab, Uber for rushed merger, drop in service quality

Reuters, here.

Google will start charging Android device makers a fee for using its apps in Europe

The Verge, here. 

As Google splits Android in Europe, it risks losing control of its empire

Wired.co.uk, here. 

Next Generation Internet 2025

Study for the EC, here. 

Should We Regulate Digital Platforms? A New Framework for Evaluating Policy Options

P. Nooren et al., here, 

How Portable is Portable? Exercising the GDPR’s Right to Data Portability

J. Wong, T. Henderson, here. 

After $5 billion EU antitrust fine, Google will start charging for Android apps

ArsTechnica, here. 

Stroppy Google runs rings round Brussels with Android remedy

The Register, here. 

An opinion embedded in math

C. O'Neil, Video here. 

Android: more freedom to offer alternative services (not the original title, I know ;-))

NYTimes, here. 

Did Uber Steal Google’s Intellectual Property?

The New Yorker, here. 

Google-Chef: Tests für zensierte chinesische Suchmaschine vielversprechend

Heise.de, hier. 

Google to charge smartphone makers for Google Play in Europe

Reuters, here.
See also Google, Complying with the EC’s Android decision, here. Question: is it enough?
Deeper one: Dragonfly, privacy leaks, sidestepping, the demise of Google+, changes in app developers’ “access” to personal data, Android remedies...Is there a connection somewhere? Microsoft CEO Nadella has correctly pointed out that strategies in these "markets" are far more complex than just bundling...

Microsoft CEO: antitrust law doesn't really understand tech

Wired 25, Video here. 

Daimler, BMW offer concessions to ease EU concerns on car-sharing deal

Reuters, here. 

Radiotaxi Torino, aperta istruttoria per abuso di posizione dominante

AGCM, qui.
Provvedimenti precedenti sanzionano clausole di esclusiva come restrizioni verticali, qui (101 TFEU).

The EU Observatory on the Online Platform Economy: a talking shop or the beginnings of a new regulator?

Inline Policy, here.

BEREC Public Consultation on the data economy

Here. 

German court orders deletion of customer lists in Facebook Custom Audiences

Spirit Legal, here. 

Quality considerations in digital zero-price markets

OECD, Background Note, here. 

Personalised Pricing in the Digital Era

OECD, Background Note, here. 

Excessive Prices in Pharmaceutical Markets

OECD, Background Note, here. 

The value of data, big data, is only beginning to become apparent

R. Sims, here. 

eBay claims Amazon illegally poaches sellers for its marketplace

Engadget, here. 

Disney offers EU antitrust concessions over $71.3 billion Fox deal

Reuters, here. 

Butchers, bakers, and today’s digital marketplaces

R. Chopra, here. 

CNMC’s CONTRIBUTION ON THE “IMPLICATIONS OF DIGITISATION FOR COMPETITION POLICY”

Here..

Digital Competition Expert Panel: Open Consultation

UK Gov, here. 

Governing artificial intelligence: ethical, legal and technical opportunities and challenges

C. Cath, here. 

Epic Games Sues YouTuber ‘Golden Modz’ Over ‘Magical’ Fortnite Powers

TorrentFreak, here.
Complaint here. 

Governing artificial intelligence: ethical, legal, and technical opportunities and challenges

The Royal Society, Theme Issue, here. 

Apple acquires music analytics firm that claims it can ‘find the next Justin Bieber’

The Verge, here. 

Intellectual property and e-commerce: Alibaba’s perspective

WIPO Magazine, here. 

IP and Competition: Context, Test, and Balance

M. Carrier, here.

FTC agenda for the IP/competition hearing here. 

What's Monopsony? It May Be the Reason You Haven't Had a Raise

Bloomberg, here. 

The Myth of Capitalism – Introduction and Chapter One

J. Tepper, D. Hearn, here. Intro and Chapter 1, here. 

Modernising the law on abuse of market power

H. Schweitzer, here.

How Google’s China project undermines its claims to political neutrality

The Verge, here.
The Good Censor here.

A journey through the FCA regulatory sandbox

Deloitte, here.

Closing the Investigation on the Suspected Violation of the Antimonopoly Act by Airbnb Ireland UC and Airbnb Japan K.K.

Japan FTC, here.

The role of IP rights in the fashion business: a US perspective

WIPO Magazine, here.

Sidestepping Google Play: as simple as scanning a QR code

TechCrunch, here.

Alexa, Should We Trust You?

The Atlantic, here.

Twitter Under Formal Investigation for How It Tracks Users in the GDPR Era

Fortune, here.

DOJ giving cover to monopolizing firms that breach antitrust rules

M. Carrier, here.

Blockchain Competition

I. Lianos, here.

Debating Ethics in the digital age

G. Buttarelli, here.

When Your Boss Is an Algorithm

NYTimes, here.

Platform Giants and Venture-Backed Startups

IanHathaway.org, here.

Foreign Exchange Rigging ‘Cartel’ Started With Beers, Jury Told

Bloomberg, here.

Why Google Could Be in Trouble Over the Google Plus Bug

Slate, here.

Why GDPR is Kryptonite to Google & Facebook on Anti-Trust

Brave, here.

Woman who bought shredded Banksy artwork will go through with purchase

The Guardian, here.

Alibaba passes blame for Alipay thefts to Apple

Asia Times, here.

Werbeagenturen hinter Preisvergleichsseiten – Untergräbt Google das EU-Recht?

OnlineMarketing.de, hier.

A Future Where Everything Becomes a Computer Is as Creepy as You Feared

NYTimes, here. 

Amazon's new recruiting machine learning algo did not like women.

Reuters, here. 

Nos plaintes contres les GAFAM avancent !

La Quadrature Du Net, ici. 

Mastercard brings real-time bill payments to mobile banking apps

Finextra, here. 

Study: Google is the biggest beneficiary of the GDPR

Cliqz.com, here. 

KI und die ewige Suche nach der richtigen Frage

Heise.de, hier. 

Expediente sancionador contra Acciona Construcción, Corsán-Corviam, Dragados, FCC Construcción, Ferrovial Agromán, OHL y Sacyr Construcción

CNMC, aquì.

The Facebook breach – a GDPR test-case

EDRi, here. 

Investigation of the Atlantic Joint Business Agreement

CMA, here. 

In the EU Blockchain Resolution we Trust

Daily Fintech, here. 

Microsoft tritt Open Invention Network bei

Linux-Magazin.de, hier. 

Judicial Infringements at the Court of Justice – A brief comment on the phenomenal Commission/France (C-416/17)

Despiteourdifferencesblog, here. 

Amazon patents new Alexa feature that knows when you're ill and offers you medicine

Telegraph.co.uk, here. 

FÜR IMMER ANONYM: WIE KANN DE-ANONYMISIERUNG VERHINDERT WERDEN?

ABIDA, hier. 

Walmart Patented a Cart That Reads Your Pulse and Temperature

MotherBoard, here. 

Plateformes de commerce en ligne et abus de position dominante Réflexions sur les possibilités d’abus d’exploitation et de dépendance économique

F. Marty, ici. 

Intelligence Artificielle et Organisation Industrielle : quels enjeux pour l’économie numérique

F. Marty, ici. 

Alipay Says Hackers Used Stolen Apple IDs to Siphon Off Money

Bloomberg, here.

Consumer Data Right Rules Framework

ACCC, here. 

This Is How Amazon Loses

Shift.newco.co, here. 

Consumer Data Privacy: Examining Lessons From the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Act

Video and written statements here. 

The Social Credit System and Governmentality in China

Soziologieblog, here. 

Microsoft has signed up to the Open Innovation Network. We repeat. Microsoft has signed up to the OIN

The Register, here.

EU hijacking: self-driving car data will be copyrighted...by the manufacturer

BoingBoing, here. 

EP: DRAFT REPORT on the Annual Report on Competition Policy

Here. 

The Indian Supreme Court's Aadhaar judgment — A privacy analysis

iapp, here. 

Apple CEO Tim Cook on Privacy and Freedom of Speech

Vice, Video, here (if you can stand the annoying "music" in the background and the rather empty questions).

Google+ Flaw Sparks German Privacy Probe

Bloomberg, here. 

Bayer-Monsanto-Fusion in Anhörung zur Agrarmarkt­konzentration

Video hier. 

Competition Commissioner Vestager discusses with MEPs. "These are formative years when it comes to data"

Poof! 

Video, here (from 10:37:23).
- Car emissions technologies cartel at 10:43:22; 11:24:35;
- Android 10:48:52;
- Google Shopping remedies Q 10:55:30; A 10:57:30 (looking into allegations of cooked up PCWs); 11:08:52 "we have no position yet";
- Merger control and data 11:04:16;
- Competition and innovation 11:17:09
- Tying and Android 11:18:24
- Apple Pay NFC 11:43:21; Amazon Alexa 11:43:47: "follow this quite closely" but also restricting possible intervention to 102; no room for 101, here?
- Digitization of Competition Enforcement 11:46:30.

Approach to final Regulatory Technical Standards and EBA guidelines under the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2)

FCA, Consultation Paper, here. 

TicketOne: AGCM spiega (brevemente) l'indagine

Bollettino dell'Antitrust, Audio qui.
Buona Giornata dall'Autorità Antitrust...

Deroghe ai principi e alle regole in materia di concorrenza e crollo del ponte di Genova

AGCM, qui.

Google will not bid for the Pentagon’s $10B cloud computing contract, citing its “AI Principles”

TechCrunch, here.

THE NEXT GREAT (DIGITAL) EXTINCTION

 J. Ito, here. 

Statutory audit market: Invitation to Comment

CMA, here. 

Tencent buys minority stake in Brazil's Nubank

FinExtra, here. 

Decoding the Chinese Super Micro super spy-chip super-scandal: What do we know – and who is telling the truth?

The Register, here. 

Shaping competition policy in the era of digitisation: predatory innovation & blockchain

T. Schrepel, here. 

Google Exposed User Data, Feared Repercussions of Disclosing to Public

WSJ, here. Google's reaction and further news here.

March 2018...Just in time for (avoiding) the GDPR (no data audit before? What about a settlement with the FTC? See here).

What should EU competition policy do to address the concerns raised by the Digital Platforms’ market power?

D. Geradin, here. 

In letter to Congress, Apple sends strongest denial over ‘spy chip’ story

TechCrunch, here. 

FTC Hearing #3: Multi-Sided Platforms, Antitrust in Labor Markets, and Acquisitions of Nascent and Potential Competitors in Digital Technology Markets

16-18 October 2018, Terrific Agenda here. 

Forex scandal comes down to case against the ‘Cartel’

FT, here. 

Digital Platforms and Antitrust: Towards a More Techno-Economic Approach (TEA)

Me, very first draft, here.

Please let me know if you have any comments!

Consumer Data Privacy: Examining Lessons From the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Act

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 4 pm Trento Time.

US Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, here. 

An Internet Bill of Rights? One California representative says the time has come

Los Angeles Times, here.
Read/listen to also here and here. 

Now science was firmly seen as an engine of economic growth

J. Gans, here.
Telephone Interview with Paul Romer, here. Scientific Background here. 

Reasserting cyber sovereignty: how states are taking back control

E. Morozov, here. 

Vorprüfung Preishöhenmissbrauch – Flugpreise Lufthansa

S. Hossenfelder, hier. 

Microsoft's $7.5 billion GitHub deal set for EU approval - sources

Reuters, here. 

Die Google Android Entscheidung der Kommission

G. Wolf, Präsentation hier. 

Modernisierung der Missbrauchsaufsicht

J. Haucap, Präsentation hier. 

Was kann und soll die kartellrechtliche Missbrauchsaufsicht?

Tagung des Arbeitskreises Kartellrecht, Hintergrundpapier, hier.

Pricing algorithms

CMA, here.
See also this recent CMA's Presentation, here. 

Europe’s Android Ruling Gives Google Rivals a Glimmer of Hope

Bloomberg, here. 

UK court blocks Google class action lawsuit over iPhone data

FT, here. Judgment here.
"Regulatory action was then taken against Google in the USA. In August 2012 the company agreed to pay a US$22.5 million civil penalty to settle charges brought by the United States Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) that it misrepresented to users of the Safari browser that it would not place tracking cookies or serve targeted advertisements to those users...In this jurisdiction, these matters would fall under the regulatory jurisdiction of the Information Commissioner, but it appears that there has been no regulatory action taken here. The Safari Workaround has however been the subject of high profile civil litigation against Google in this jurisdiction."

Amazon Fires Employee for Sharing Customer Emails

WSJ, here.

Angebliche Spionage-Chips aus China: Bundesamt fordert Stellungnahme von Apple und Amazon

FAZ, hier.

New ICO hub to support innovation

ICO, here.

The Tethered Economy

C. Hoofnagle, here.

Banksy auction prank leaves art world in shreds

The Guardian, here. Video here.

Store, interface, package, connection: Methods and propositions for multi-situated app studies

M. Dieter et al., here.

See also A. Helmond, The Web as Platform, here.

Blockchain Technology Overview

NIST, here.

Top antitrust cops speak with Axios (but not with each other?)

Video  here.

On the seventh anniversary of Steve Jobs' death, we give you 7 times he served humanity and acted as an example to others

Register, here (at least two antitrust related).

Google shows progress in addressing competition concerns, says EU's Vestager

Reuters, here.

The Big Disruption

J. Powell, here.

Google 'trying to circumvent EU ruling' with price comparison sites run by ad agencies

Sky News, here. Video here. 

Instagram is testing the ability to share your precise location history with Facebook

The Verge, here.

Spotify Integrates With Google Maps for Music on Every Mile of Your Journey

Spotify, here.

See also here “The update also includes the ability to control Spotify, Apple Music, and Google Play Music through the Maps app so that users don’t have to switch between screens if they’re driving or checking your ETA on the bus.

To be able to use the features, users must set their home and work address as well as activating “web and app activity,” which gathers much more personal data including Chrome browsing history, location, credit card purchase history, and more.”

The Future Of Antitrust: Do Higher Profits Merit The Retirement Of the Consumer-Welfare Standard?

Forbes, here.

Competition restraints in online sales after Coty and Asics - what’s next?

Bundeskartellamt, here.

Antitrust laws must promote the true driver of growth: innovation

D. Teece, here.

First Ever Antitrust Condemnation For Excessive Pricing In Online Platform Services: Turkish Competition Authority Fines In Markets For Online Ads In Real Estate And Vehicle

ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law, here. 

Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics - Canada

M, Stucke, testimony here (from 11:13:50)

Britain is coming for Silicon Valley’s unruly tech giants

Business Insider, here. 

Private Businesses Built Modern China. Now the Government Is Pushing Back.

NYTimes, here. 

How Humans Get Hacked

Wired, Video here. 

Tencent backs fintech firm Voyager to set up battle with Alibaba in the Philippines

TechCrunch, here. 

First GDPR fines coming this year is just the start, says data protection supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli

Techcrunch, here. 

Brazil: Antitrust Watchdog Sends Questions to Crypto Exchanges After Bank Account Closures

Cointelegraph, here. 

Are EU Markets More Competitive than Those in the U.S.?

NBER Digest, here. 

Alibaba investiert stark in Künstliche Intelligenz

FAZ, hier. 

Shaping competition policy in the era of digitization

TILEC, here. 

Publishers Escalate Legal Battle Against ResearchGate

Inside Higher Education, here. 

Antitrust Standing – Is There An App for That?

National Law Review, here. 

EU rules facilitating the free flow of non-personal data

EC, Press Release here. 

Collective redress in the Member States of the European Union

JURI Committee, here. 

The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies

Bloomberg, here.

Microsoft is embracing Android as the mobile version of Windows

The Verge, here. 

Open Markets amicus in Apple v. Pepper

Here. 

Oversight of the Enforcement of the Antitrust Laws

Judiciary.senate.gov, here. 🎬

Why your online data isn’t safe

Harvard Gazette, here. 

EBay Accuses Amazon of Poaching Sellers on Its Marketplace

Bloomberg, here. 

German firm fined millions in 'sausage cartel' case

DW, here, 

US: Feds to argue at SCOTUS Apple App Store case

CPI, here. 

German antitrust watchdog eyes steps against Facebook this year

Reuters, here. 

Amazon führt Kreditkarte für Prime-Kunden in Deutschland ein

Heise.de, hier. 

Australian regulator to probe foreign exchange services fees

FT, here.

What a few AU dollars well spent (by the Goverment) can do...

IT-Verband reicht Kartellbeschwerde gegen SAP ein

WiWo, hier. 

Another Facebook Security Breach

ENISA, here.

Berners-Lee: You Should Control Your Data, Not Internet Giants

PCMag, here. 

The Platform Economy - Strategies, Governance, and Business Models

D. Moser, here. 

How Facebook could screw up Instagram

Recode, here. 

Facebook is weaponizing security to shield its erosion of privacy

TechCrunch, here. 

SHAPING COMPETITION POLICY IN THE ERA OF DIGITALISATION

BEUC, here. 

Behavioural study on advertising and marketing practices in social media

EC, Report here; Annexes here. 

Uber startet (wieder) in Düsseldorf

FAZ, hier. 

California just passed its net neutrality law. The DOJ is already suing

CNN Tech, here.