Google might be hiding the fact that its own reviews are shoddy

Yahoo, here.

Fortnite: A Tale of Two Operating Systems

DisCo, here. 

Android - Is There a Viable Monopolization Case?

S. Houck, here. 

Chap asks Facebook for data on his web activity, Facebook says no, now watchdog's on the case

The Register, here. 

TREB loses Supreme Court bid to appeal release of real estate sold figures

CBC, here. 

Supreme Court will not hear Toronto Real Estate Board’s appeal

Competition Bureau Canada, here.
More about the case here. 

23andMe will no longer let app developers read your DNA data

CNBC, here. 

Der Neoliberalismus wird achtzig

FAZ, hier. 

THE GOALS OF EU COMPETITION LAW AND THE DIGITAL ECONOMY

A. Ezrachi for BEUC, here. 

Doing Data Portability Right

DisCo, here. 

On the economics of the Google Android case

A. de Cornière, G. Taylor, here. 

Are U.S. Companies Too Big and Powerful? The Fed Wants to Know

The Washington Post, here. 

Reconciling the Matchmaker Economy with Competition Policy: A case study of Android, the European Commission case, and improper competition enforcement

D. Balto, M. Lane, here. 

Sanctionné par Bruxelles, Google agite la menace d'un Android payant

LesEchos.fr, ici. 

EU set to clear Apple's bid for music app Shazam: sources

Reuters, here. 

Platform companies have to learn to share

FT, here. 

Is Big Tech really all that BAD?

G. Manne on Competition Lore, Podcast here. 

Google tracks your movements, like it or not

NYTimes, here.

Cade pode investigar Google sobre sistema operacional para celulares, diz Valor

Reuters, aqui.

Qualcomm settles $774m antitrust dispute in Taiwan

FT, here. 

Norwegian banks co-operate on account aggregation programme

FinExtra, here. 

Two Views of Exclusion: Why the European Union and the United States Diverged on Google

W. Kovacic, here. 

ABUS D’EXPLOITATION : QUELS SONT LES NOUVEAUX RISQUES POUR LES ENTREPRISES ?

Concurrences, ici. 

Online Dating: Modern Love

The Economist, here. 

Blockchains Are a Bad Idea

J. Mickens, Video here.

ACCC's probe into Facebook and Google critical in bringing issues to the forefront

Financial Review, here. 

Privacy as a Non-Price Competition Parameter: Theories of Harm in Mergers

S. Esayas, here. 

Apple v. Pepper, Amicus Curiae Verizon

Here.

Endgültiger gemeinsamer Leitfaden zur neuen Transaktionswert-Schwelle in der Zusammenschlusskontrolle in Österreich und Deutschland veröffentlicht

BWB, hier. 

UK Financial Services Customer Survey 2018

Accenture, here. 

"Wir nehmen ja auch keine Rücksicht auf das Geschäftsmodell eines Steuerhinterziehers"

SZ, hier. 

Changes in Third-Party Content on European News Websites aft er GDPR

Reuters Institute, here. 

Google's data collection is hard to escape, study claims

CNN Tech, here. Study here. 

Platform companies have to learn to share

FT, here. 

Making markets deliver essential medicines

M. Vestager, here. 

Time for a New—and Effective—Antitrust

T. Greaney, S. Miller, here. 

Fragile or Smart Consumers? Suggestions for the US from the EU

G. Colangelo, M. Maggiolino, here. 

Apple defends decision not to remove InfoWars’ app

TechCrunch, here. 

Do competition authorities need to transform themselves in a digitally transformed world?

Competition Lore, Podcast here. 

Google's Android Monopoly Isn't Free

Forbes, here. 

The Second Digital Disruption: Data, Algorithms & Authorship in the 21st Century

K. Raustiale, C. Springman, here. 

Innovation Drives Competition — And Consumer Choice

G. Shapiro, here. 

Apple Pay in Deutschland: Aktuelle Liste, 44 Banken äußern sich

iTopnews, here. 

GARTER REPORTS “EARLY MAINSTREAM” ADOPTION FOR 3D PRINTING SERVICES IN AFRICA

3dprintingindustry.com, here. 

Thailand's Draft Data Protection Bill: Many Strengths, Too Many Uncertainties

G. Greenleaf, A. Suriyawongkul, here. 

Make “Fairness by Design” Part of Machine Learning

A. Abbasi, J. Li, G. Clifford, H. Taylor, here. 

The Chinese Smartphone Upstarts Taking on Apple and Samsung

Bloomberg, here. 

23ANDME'S PHARMA DEALS HAVE BEEN THE PLAN ALL ALONG

Wired, here. 

Economic policy for artificial intelligence

A. Agrawal, J. Gans, A. Goldfarb, here. 

Platform Antitrust

E. Hovenkamp, here. 

Why Apple Is the Future of Capitalism

NYTimes, here.

Profiles of Monopoly: Big Cable and Telecom

CommunityNetworks, here. 

Fortnite Has Picked a Favorite in the Battle Between Apple and Android

Bloomberg, here. 

Price monitoring software and competition – new possibilities for RPM in absence of sufficient deterrence

D. Mandrescu, here. 

Uncle Sam Should Put Consumers First in Its AT&T Appeal

Bloomberg, here. DoJ's Brief here. 

Taxis and Ride-Sharing Services: Alberto Heimler summarises OECD June 2018 discussion

Video here. Presentations here. 

Facebook taps banks, but for chatbots not purchase data

TechCrunch, here. 

Google reveals Android P is named Pie, begins rollout to Pixel phones

VB, here and here. 

Why Apple Pay Is the Highest-Rated Mobile P2P Payment Service

Consumer Reports, here. 

Facebook to Banks: Give Us Your Data, We’ll Give You Our Users

WSJ, here. 

How Excessive Pharmaceutical Patenting is Extending Monopolies and Driving up Drug Prices

i-mak, here.

Dynamische Preisdifferenzierung

Verbraucherzentrale, hier.

Taxi and Uber Drivers Are United in Backing a Cap on Ride-Hail Vehicles

NYTimes, here. 

Tech Policy: State Attorneys General Pose Antitrust and Privacy Enforcement Risk to Google and Facebook; Could Initiate Android Case Like They Did US v. Microsoft

Capitol Forum, here. 

SAMR Policy: China Launches First Antitrust Probe into Digital Platforms, SAMR Official Says

Capital Forum, here. 

Grab wants to go way beyond ride-hailing in Asia, co-founder Hooi Ling Tan says

Recode, here. 

Fortnite Android ne sera pas sur le Google Play

Numérama, ici. 

Hard Questions: How Should Facebook and Other Companies Protect Privacy While Letting People Share Their Information Between Apps and Services?

FB Newsroom, here. 

Ausgerechnet mit ApplePay & GooglePay könnten deutsche Banken wieder Relevanz im DigitalPayment erhalten!

Paymentandbanking.com, hier. 

Blockchains: Regulating the Unknown

M. Finck, here. 

Er hat das Telefon neu erfunden

FAZ, hier. 

All you need to know about the Srikrishna panel’s draft data protection law

Scroll.in, here. 

Understanding Google's Search Platform and the Implications for Antitrust Analyses

J. Yun, here. 

Regulating Big Tech?

R. Epstein, here. 

German Appellate Court Rules on ICANN Request to Preserve WHOIS Data

ICANN, here. 

Innovationen – Herausforderung für die Kartellrechtspraxis

Protokoll zur Tagung des Arbeitskreises Kartellrecht, hier.

Everything bad about Facebook is bad for the same reason

Quartz, here.

Apple Pay: Sparkasse und FDP fordern Freigabe für alle

IPhone-ticker.de hier.

The tech industry needs to reckon with the dark side of advertising, WordPress CEO Matt Mullenweg says

Recode, here. 

Researcher explains how algorithms can create a fairer legal system

TechWorld, here. 

Handbook on European data protection law

 European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and Council of Europe, here. 

‘SCRAPER’ BOTS AND THE SECRET INTERNET ARMS RACE

Wired, here.

Google Maps Says ‘the East Cut’ Is a Real Place. Locals Aren’t So Sure

NYTimes, here. 

ACM start marktstudie appstores voor mobiele telefoons

ACM, hier. 

Lessons for Australia in the EU’s algorithmic price war that ripped off consumers

R. Nicholls, here. 

RGPD : une extension ajoute un refus global sur les sites utilisant le module Quantcast Choice

Next Impact, ici. 

Who has been advising Carrefour on its strategic cooperation with Google?

Clifford Chance, here. 

Parity clauses of Booking.com now banned in Sweden for the benefit of consumers and hoteliers

TravelDailyNews, here. See also here.

Google’s Secret China Project Sparks Anger Among Workers

Bloomberg, here. 

Blockchain innovation in Europe

European Union Blockchain Observatory and Forum, here. 

The New Pythagoreans

C. Gilliard, H. Culik, here. 

UK appoints former Obama adviser to lead tech review

FT, here. 

What are data-opolies and should we be worried about them?

Competition Lore, Podcast here. 

When is a business a platform?

Competition Lore, Podcast here.

POWER AND PURPOSE: PROTECTING A COMPETITIVE POSITION AFTER ACCC V PFIZER (II)

Corrs.com.au, here. 

Audit the algorithms that are ruling our lives

FT, here. 

Remedies for Robots

M. Lemley, B. Casey, here. 

20 ways Democrats could crack down on Big Tech

Axios, here. Paper here.

Power Buster: EU Competition Commissioner MARGRETHE VESTAGER on populism and optimism

Anger Management with Nick Clegg, here (on the data economy: at 30:00).

Managing Competition on a Two-Sided Platform

P. Belleflamme, M. Peitz, here.