Tuesday, October 16, 2018

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