Thursday, August 20, 2020

Oh what a feeling: New Toyotas will upload data to AWS to help create custom insurance premiums based on driver behaviour

The Register, here

Market Investigations for Digital Platforms: Panacea or Complement?

A. Fletcher, here

Oracle’s Ellison [does not step] out of character with approach for TikTok

FT, here

'Surveillance Capitalism' and the Angst of the Petit Sovereign

F. Johns, here.

Girocard in Apple Pay mit Beschränkungen

Heise, hier

Concorrência em mercados digitais: uma revisão dos relatórios especializados

CADE, aqui

What if Apple was forced to allow app sales outside of the iOS store?

Engadget, here

Killer Acquisitions and Beyond: Policy Effects on Innovation Strategies

I. Letina et aliud, here

Should we be paid for our data?

LiveMint, here

The Monopoly Harms That Antitrust Keeps Missing

H. Singer, here

This app could end Apple's monopoly — and Steve Jobs would love it

InputMag, here

Commission approves acquisition of Nets' account-to-account payment business by Mastercard, subject to conditions

EC, here

Google spreading 'misinformation' about new rules, says ACCC chief

SMH, here

How the European Commission Lost Its Tax Battle Against Ireland and Apple

ProMarket, here

Uber and Lyft Consider Franchise-Like Model in California

NYTimes, here

The EU is launching a market for personal data. Here’s what that means for privacy.

Technology Review, here.

Big Tech’s Domination of Business Reaches New Heights

NYTimes, here

How Duolingo uses AI in every part of its app

VentureBeat, here

Our response to Google: Privacy isn't a Luxury

Privacy Int, here

Nvidia boss sets out plan to rule the data centre

FT, here.

Datenschützer wollen Cookie-Banner prüfen

Heise, hier

Friday, August 14, 2020

Epic Games v. Google

The Complaint, here

More of a river than a lake

IDFC, here

Fortnite Creator Sues Apple and Google After Ban From App Stores

NYTimes, here

Epic Games' Lawsuits Fire a Shot at Apple and Google's App Store 'Monopolies'

Wired, here

Epic Games v. Apple

The Complaint, here

Fortnite for Android has also been kicked off the Google Play Store

The Verge, here

Bataille à couteaux tirés entre « Fortnite » et les géants de la tech Apple et Google

Le Monde, ici

Fortnite v. Apple: The first ever antitrust complaint with video and hashtag

Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite, here.
Apple 1984 Super Bowl Commercial Introducing Macintosh Computer, here.

Compare also with this Almunia days' video 

Monday, August 10, 2020

Servus, Amazon

Wiener Zeitung, hier

Apple’s antitrust woes stem from its obsessions with control and money

VentureBeat, here

India data-curb plan 'anathema', U.S. tech giants plan pushback

Reuters, here.
Submissions will be published here, eventually. 

Digital technologies in the public-health response to COVID-19

J. Budd et al., here

For Amazon, Mall Is Beautiful (Amazon se come al retail físico)

E. Dans, here

Germany's 'Lex Apple Pay': Payment Services Regulation Overtakes Competition Enforcement

J.-U. Franck, D. Linardatos, here

Market Power, Inequality, and Financial Instability

Federal Reserve Board, here

Advance notification of order to rectify unfairly processed and incorrect personal data - International Baccalaureate Organization

Norwegian Data Protection Authority, here.

Google Search Mobile Market Share Likely to Drop Around 20% through Search Preference Menus

DuckDuckGo, here

Facebook, Amazon and Google Emails Make an Antitrust Case...

Bloomberg, here (and here). 

Amazon Is a Private Government. Congress Needs to Step Up.

The Atlantic, here

ФАС признала Apple злоупотребившей доминирующим положением на рынке распространения приложений

ФАС, здесь

Friday, August 07, 2020

Banning TikTok: Are We Reproducing the Chinese Internet in America?

M. Stoller, here

Here’s why Apple believes it’s an AI leader—and why it says critics have it all wrong

Ars Technica, here

Jack Dorsey on Twitter’s Mistakes

The Daily, here

To Head Off Regulators, Google Makes Certain Words Taboo

The Markup, here

"Jeder Nutzer soll Herr über seine eigenen Daten sein"

SZ, hier

Economic Rents and the Contours of Conflict in the Data-driven Economy

D. Ciuriak, here

Google-Fitbit deal to be scrutinized in Europe over data competition concerns

TechCrunch, here

Antitrust Policy in the 21st Century: Is There a Need for Reform?

CPI, here

Make AI Enhance Your Productivity—Not A ‘Surveillance State’

C. Makridis, here

Platform for Disruption

With P. Malik, here

Letter: Europe is right to worry about Big Tech power

J. Eskanazi, here

SPARTOO : sanction de 250 000 euros et injonction sous astreinte de se conformer au RGPD

CNIL, ici

How open data could tame Big Tech’s power and avoid a breakup

P. Leblond, here

Data is an economic resource. Gopalakrishnan committee report shows how its value can be shared, governed

The Indian Express, here

Managing Privacy & Data Governance for Next Generation Architecture

InfoQ, here

Warum wir unsere Daten zurückfordern müssen

SZ, hier

Apple using machine learning for almost everything, and privacy-first approach actually better

B. Lovejoy, here

Microsoft expands TikTok takeover ambitions to entire global business

FT, here

WEBINAR ON THE “EX-POST ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF EUROPEAN COMPETITION POLICY”

EC and Lear, here

Dominant Tech Companies Should Live Under Enhanced Privacy Rules

Forbes, here

IS COVID-19 ACCELERATING AUTOMATION? LESSONS FOR THE ADVENT OF AI

Uva Darden, here

Redesigning Data Privacy: Reimagining Notice & Consent for human technology interaction

WEF, here

Facebook: Apple-Regeln führen zu minderwertigen iPhone-Apps

Heise.de, hier

Google launches Recommendations AI ecommerce tool in public beta

Venture Beat, here

Microsoft and Facebook blast Apple for restrictive rules on gaming apps

CNBC, here

Some thoughts on the Conseil National du Numérique interoperability study

I. Brown, here

Apple confirms cloud gaming services like xCloud and Stadia violate App Store guidelines

The Verge, here

Here’s why Apple believes it’s an AI leader—and why it says critics have it all wrong

ArsTechnica, here

Monday, August 03, 2020

Der Umsetzung ein Stück näher

A. Wambach, hier

Sustainable Data Access

ODI, Podcast here

Tech Titans at Bay?

D. Coyle, here.

Shoshana Zuboff on surveillance capitalism

VPRO Documentary, here

EUROPE’S DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY: FROM RULEMAKER TO SUPERPOWER IN THE AGE OF US-CHINA RIVALRY

ECFR, here

Citi’s New Credit Card Perk Gives Amazon Edge in Winning Big Orders

Bloomberg, here

Consumer Protection (E-commerce) Rules 2020: A Step In The Right Direction?

LiveLawIn, here

UK chemical industry warns of £1bn cost to duplicate EU regime

FT, here

Justice Department Is Scrutinizing Takeover of Credit Karma by Intuit, Maker of TurboTax

ProPublica, here

Boycotts Can’t Be a Test of Moral Purity

Z. Teachout, here

Facebook/Instagram: again


Non-personal data: Tread wisely in the new gold rush

B. Singh and K. Jain  

University mandates wearable COVID-19 tracker, sparking student protest

VentureBeat, here

Platform Rules: A Case Study of Samsung’s Failure in the Smartphone Platform Industry

H. Seo, here

Google signs up six more partners for its digital banking platform coming to Google Pay

TechCrunch, here