Making communications work for everyone

Ofcom, here. 

The new new competition - How digital platforms change competitive strategy

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

The right way—and wrong way—for cities to regulate Uber

Macleans.ca, here. 

Google AMP Is Less About Beating Facebook at News, More About Gobbling Up the Mobile Web

Recode, here. 

Streetmap.EU Limited v Google

J. Morrison, here. 

Fed Up With Uber And Lyft, Drivers Plan To Launch Competing App

FastCompany, here. 

Business models in the Peer-to-peer economy

P. Belleflamme, Presentation here. 

Government must help end 'heartbreaking' Amazon dominance, former Number 10 adviser says

TheTelegraph, here.

Google weiß, wo die Deutschen surfen

FAZ, hier.

Cyanogen’s New MOD Platform Will Allow Developers To Deeply Integrate Their Apps Into Its OS

TechCrunch, here. 

Why Authors Alliance Supports A Broader View Of Fair Use Than The Authors Guild

P. Samuelson, here. 

Uber and the economic impact of sharing economy platforms

Bruegel, here. 

The making available right in the United States

Register of Copyrights, here. 

Western Union Questioned by EU in Money-Transfer Antitrust Probe

Bloomberg.com, here. 

Google Faces More EU Woes, Attorneys General Ask FTC To Revive Case In US

MarketingLand, here. 

The Montcalm Mystery: Comparison widgets on hotels' websites and Booking.com

TNooz, here. 

Google Is Closing Google Compare, Its Financial Services Comparison Service

TechCrunch, here.

Meet the Fixers Collective: the geeks who are fixing iPhones for free

TheVerge, here.

What's Next?

C. Dixon, here.

Looking back and moving on

NewYorker, here.

Stack is the new Platform

labs.sogeti.com, here.

Why Is IBM Buying Ad Agencies?

Fool.com, here.

Google's Jigsaw project has new ideas, but an old imperial mindset

J. Poles, here.

New research shows UK online alternative finance market grew to £3.2 billion in 2015

Nesta, here.

Antitrust Experts Debate Apple’s Supreme Court Bid

PublishersWeekly, here.

The opportunities and ethics of big data

Royal Statistical Society, here. 

Streetmap v Google: lessons for pending Article 102 TFEU cases (including Google itself)

ChillingCompetition, here. 

PTO Weighs In on Digital First Sale

Copyrightandtechnology.com, here.

U.S.-EU Data Privacy: From Safe Harbor to Privacy Shield

US Congressional Research Service, here.

Competition Commission of India suspects Monsanto abused dominant position

Timesofindia, here.

Getting Around Section 230

E. Goldman, audio here; slides here. . 

How will acceding to the Marrakesh Treaty benefit Canadians?

Government of Canada, here. 

World’s cheapest Android smartphone goes on sale for just $3.67

ArsTechnica, here.

Netflix says going global has improved its personal recommendations

VentureBeat, here. 

Données personnelles : le virulent réquisitoire de la CNIL contre Facebook

Le Monde, ici.

A message to our customers regarding backdoors

Apple, here.

Linux and White House together to improve open source security

CIO.com, here. 

Nothing Is Free, Not Even Facebook Free Basics

O. Malik, here. 

What if we don’t need advertising at all?

D. Searls, here.

AU: Options to strengthen the misuse of market power law

Submissions here.
ACCC here. 

Platforms, is there a need to regulate?

Digital4EU 2016, Thursday 25 February 2016, 16:15 – 17:25, webstream here..

Juno hasn’t even launched, but it’s already creeping me out with its data collection

Medium.com, here. 

Stealth Startup Juno Will Take On Uber By Treating Drivers Better

Forbes, here. 

Why does everybody hate competition so much?

C. Sagers, here. 

Uber CEO delivers stinging attack to city regulators at TED

Wired, here. 

It’s time to break the teeth-whitening monopoly

Washington Post, here.

European Union Competition Law in the Digital Era

M. Kadar, here. 

CCI rejects complaints of unfair practices against Ola, Uber

Moneycontrol, here.
Orders here and here.

So dynamisch sind die Preise im Netz

WISO, hier. 

The hidden traps in the Apple ebook case

R. Epstein, here.

"Prices will be the same"

S. Jobs, Video here.

A.I. and virtual reality may propel future of retail

Computerworld, here.

Before It 'Unlocks the Box,' The FCC Must Solve This Pricing Puzzle

Forbes, here. 

How the Rest of Tech Is Playing Catch-Up to Facebook and Google in Artificial Intelligence

Recode, here.

Kik Battles Facebook With Bots In The New Messaging Wars

Forbes, here.

‘Patent trolls’ on the prowl for ‘smart’ product providers

FT, here.

How this company tracked 16,000 Iowa caucus-goers via their phones

Fusion.net, here.

Asics zieht gegen Bundeskartellamt vor Gericht

Market-intern, hier.
 Fallbericht,  hier.
OLG Frankfurt Entscheidung hier.

FCC chairman talks set-top boxes, consumers' right to choose

Washington Post, Video here.

UK's Streetmap loses 'anticompetitive' search abuse case against Google

The Guardian, here.
Decision here.

Microsoft retreats from EU antitrust fight against Google (?)

ArsTechnica, here. 

74 OEMs pre-install MS apps and services on Android devices

BusinessInsider, here.

(OEMs/MS agreements anyone?)

Personal data in exchange for free services: an unhappy partnership?

Norwegian Data Protection Authority, here.

The European Collaborative Economy Industry to the Presidency of the EU Council

Letter, here.

(Inspiring list of signatories).

Error 53 lawsuit

Here.

'Pay for delay' fined in the UK

CMA, here.

Facebook and the New Colonialism

The Atlantic, here.

Online Platforms and the EU Digital Single Market: Mydex supplementary evidence

Mydex, here. 

The Big Data Dilemma

UK Parliament, here.

Drive Motors Lets You Actually Buy A Car Online. How Did This Not Exist?

TechCrunch, here.

Digital Platforms: To Regulate or Not To Regulate?

A. Strowel, W. Vergote, here.

Online Platforms and the EU Digital Single Market: Uber supplementary evidence

Uber, here.

Apple in ACCC's sights over bricked iPhones

ITNews, here.

Thinking Inside the Box

Impactcentre.ca, here.

Who Will Own The Virtual Reality Interface?

TechCrunch, here. 

“Happy Birthday” is public domain, former owner Warner/Chapell to pay $14M

ArsTechnica, here.

The Case That Won’t Be Forgotten

J. Powles, here. 

Optimising romance

TheEconomist, here. 

Online review sites commit to improve practices

CMA, here.

La impugnación de normas como instrumento para eliminar barreras a la economía colaborativa

CNMC, aquí

The Research Pirates of the Dark Web

The Atlantic, here.

Why Uber’s surge pricing is naive economics

S. King, here.

The internet of things: how your TV, car and toys could spy on you

TheGuardian, here.
Clapper's testimony here.

Google's self-driving systems legally qualify as a driver under US federal law

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, here.

Professions in an Era of Algorithmic Power

F. Pasquale, here.

License Compatibility and Relicensing

R. Stallman, here.

Disclosing the lowest prices for generics to allow comparison-shopping

NYTimes, here.

The open banking standard

ODI, here.

All the Places Personal Data Goes

News.harvard, here.

The phone call that saved safe harbor

Politico, here.

Paypal bans VPN and DNS services

Wired, here.

Schweres Gelände

SZ, hier.

The Great Data Race

Norwegian Data Protection Authority,  here.

After the sharing economy

Transmediale Panel, Audio here (from 01:32).

Bittersweet Mysteries of Machine Learning (A Provocation)

Blogs.lse.ac.uk, here. 

Commercial Availability: The Poison Pill for Marrakesh Treaty Implementation

J. Fruchterman, here. 

Wie Google User für sich arbeiten lässt - unbewusst und unbezahlt

E. Morozov, here. 

The UK competition regime

National Audit Office, here. 

The adblocker dispute is going to become one of the fundamental battles on privacy

Zdnet.com, here. 

Data protection has gone global

G. Buttarelli, here. 

Facebook cripples chat encryption app that promised users extra privacy

TheNextWeb, here.

Developments in the Prescription Drug Market: Oversight.

M. Merritt, here. 

Living fully human lives online is all about taking control

Medium.com, here. 

AI is Trasforming Google Search

Wired.com, here. 

Google removes Samsung's first Android ad blocker from the Play Store

TheVerge, here. 

Using Antitrust Law to Challenge Turing's Daraprim Price Increase

M. Carrier, N. Levidow, A. Kesselheim, here. 

Drug Firms Expected to Defend Huge Price Increases in House Testimony

NYTimes, here. 

Cisco To Buy Jasper Technologies For $1.4 Billion

TechCrunch, here. 

How Age UK pocketed £6m bung from E.ON and pushed expensive power deals to OAPs

TheSun, here. 

Fertility Industry Group Settles Lawsuit Over Egg Donor Price Caps

Blogs.wsj, here. 

Privacy in the EU and US: A Debate between Max Schrems and Peter Swire

Audio here. 

Apple Ordered To Pay $625M To Patent Troll In FaceTime Lawsuit

TechCrunch, here. 

UK challenger bank Mondo releases API to let customers play with their own data

Finextra, here. 

Power to the people – is privacy the future of online marketing?

moreaboutadvertising, here.

Wait, Google's 'moon shots' cost how much??

CNet, here.

“EU US Privacy Shield” (Safe Harbor 1.1) “European Commission may be issuing a round-trip to Luxemburg

M. Schrems, here. 

EU Commission and United States agree on new framework for transatlantic data flows: EU-US Privacy Shield

Press Release, here.

Here It Comes: The Myanmar Competition Act

Allenovery, here. 

Competition and innovation

A. Crisholm, here, 

Gorgeous New 4-D Printing Process Makes More Than Just Eye Candy

Technologyreview.com, here. 

“Of data and men”: fundamental rights and freedoms in a world of big data

A. Rouvroy, here. 

Investigation into Tesco

Groceries Code Adjudicator, here. 

Don’t Panic. Making Progress on the “Going Dark” Debate

Berkman Center for Internet & Society, here.
Keys under doormats Report here. 

People are turning their smartphones into spying devices for just $5/month

Fusion.net, here. 

Winners & Losers in the Global App Economy

Caribou Digital, here. 

Every Step You Fake: A Comparative Analysis of Fitness Tracker Privacy and Security

Open Effect, here. 

Monitoring the Digital Economy & Society 2016 - 2020

EC, here. 

Alphabet: Suchmaschine treibt das Geschäft

Heise.de, hier. 

Google Search Probe by U.S. Should Get New Look, Utah Says

Bloomberg, here. 

The Internet of Emotions: Putting the person back into personalization

Mashable, here. 

Mastering The Fourth Industrial Revolution

Designdiscontinuity.net, here. 

HRS kritisiert fehlende Gleichberechtigung

Tophotel, hier.

Lists are the new search

B. Evans, here.

Is Big Data Still a Thing?

M. Turck,  here.

The Neural Network That Remembers

Spectrum.ieee.org, here.

GDPR: The End for the Marketing List Industry?

SCL.org, here.

Digital assistants: a new brand platform

TheGuardian, here. 

Facebook has a clever idea to turn itself into a ride-sharing platform

Techinsider.io, here.

Richard Thaler in the Big Short

Video here. 

Individuelle Preise? Bitte nicht!

FAZ, hier.

Cheap cab ride? You must have missed Uber’s true cost

TheGuardian, here.

How Europe is fighting to change tech companies' 'wrecking ball' ethics

TheGuardian, here,

Apple builds secret VR unit

FT, here.

¿Un robot para cada persona mayor?

E. Morozov, aquí.
Ver también aquí. ("nuevo proyecto de colaboración entre IBM, Apple y Japan Post")

How Data Brokers Make Money Off Your Medical Records

ScientificAmerican, here.

EDPS starts work on a New Digital Ethics

EDPS, here.

A Search Engine for Your Personal Memories (and Data)

TheAtlantic, here.

12 Big Industries Where Blockchain Could Be Used

CB Insights, here.

The Promise (and Threat) of Algorithmic Accountability

F. Pasquale, Video here. 

The Future of Legal Services

The Law Society, here. 

US health insurer Centene loses 950,000 people's records

BBC.com, here. 

Movidius chips promise to enable real-time image recognition in Android devices

ComputerWorld, here.

The Internet of Arrogant Things (or My First Month with a Nest)

Nick-taylor.co.uk, here. 

Behavioral Economics: Past, Present and Future

R. Thaler, Webcast here. 

Why do technology companies hire economists, and what is their contribution? What kinds of problems do they work on?

S. Athey, here. 

What will be the impact of machine learning on economics?

S. Athey, here.
NBER session's syllabus here.

The Automation Paradox

J. Bessen, here. 

Uber condamné à verser 1,2 million d’euros à l’Union nationale des taxis

Lesechos.fr, ici. 

"Online Platforms" Etc. Public Consultation: First Brief Results

EC, here. 

« Pretty Easy Privacy », le chiffrement automatique par défaut pour tous

LeMonde, ici. 

The Privatization of Human Rights: Illusions of Consent, Automation and Neutrality

E. Taylor, here.

EC fines car parts producers € 137 789 000 in cartel settlement

Press Release, here. 

Apple Can Still See Your iMessages If You Enable iCloud

MotherBoard, here. 

Facebook looks to its messaging service Whatsapp to gather more personal data

TheDrum, here.

See also Fortune, here. 

Ad blocking is more about personal data than on-target ads

Inma.org, here. 

Google y derecho al olvido: bloqueo por dirección IP

ElFuturo, aquì. 

International Survey on Private Copying

WIPO and Stichting de Thuiskopie, here. 

Fair Share - Reclaiming power in the sharing economy

The RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce), here.

La CNMC recurre las Ordenanzas del taxi de las ciudades de Málaga y Córdoba

CNMC, aquì.

Google’s Waze launches API for third-party transportation apps (invite-only, free)

VentureBeat, here. 

A European survey on the opportunities and risks of data analytics

Vodafone, here.

The Teladoc Case: Antitrust and Telemedicine as "Disruptive Innovation"

Lexology, here.

Le contrôle juridictionnel du Tribunal de l'Union dans le contentieux concurrence,

Concurrences, ici.

End-User Development in Internet of Things: We the People

M. Burnett, T. Kulesza, here.

Datenschutzrechtliche Aspekte bei der Nutzung vernetzter und nicht vernetzter Kraftfahrzeuge

Konferenz der unabhängigen Datenschutzbehörden und Verband der Automobilindustrie, hier.

Two-Way Street: U.S.-EU Parallels Under the General Data Protection Regulation

J. Brill, here.

Nothing for money

Deloitte, here.

The importance of Misbehaving

Deloitte, here.

Consumer privacy in network industries

CERRE, here. 

Consumer engagement in a digital world

A. Crisholm, here (pdf here). Book mentioned here.

The EU And The Digital Economy [What Think Tanks Are Thinking]

EPthinktank.eu, here. 

Internet Fragmentation: An Overview

W. Drake V. Cerf, W. Kleinwächter, here.

L'informatisation de la Société

S. Nora, A. Minc ici. Vidéo ici. 

Data Exchange website launch adds to personal data debate

FT, here.

Internet of Things: search engine for sleeping kids

ArsTechnica, here.

Off-Topic: Sending the Elevator Back Down

K. Spacey at Davos 2016, Video here.

Alphabet's Page: How to make a sizable business out of whatever problem this or that technology might solve

NYTimes, here.

Wende im Milliardenpoker um Fußballrechte

FAZ, hier.

TfL is quietly testing a system to track every single person on London Underground

TheMemo, here.

Big data : l’enjeu est moins la donnée personnelle que la disparition de la personne

LeMonde, ici.

Online Tracking: What's In It For Consumers?

J. Brill, here.

What is the impact of blockchains on privacy?

TheODI.org, here.

European Patent Office revokes Monsanto patent on melons

No-patents-on-seeds.org, here.

The Collaborative Economy

Scientific Foresight Unit (STOA), European Parliamentary Research Services, here and here and short video here.

An Emerging Competition Law for a New Economy?

K. Coates, here.

How blockchain tech could change the way we do business

BBC.com, here.

Android OS has generated revenue of $31 billion and $22 billion in profit, Oracle says

Bloomberg, here.

Economics and Ideology

The Economist, here.
"Meaningless number-crunching to give a veneer of academic credibility to near-useless theories".

One Click Away? Google Paid Apple $1 Billion to Keep Search Bar on IPhone

Bloomberg.com, here.

Digital DNA: The Nagoya Protocol, Intellectual Property Treaties, and Synthetic Biology

M. Bagley, here. 

Study hints at how e-Privacy Directive might be reformed – major changes on the way

Out-law.com, here.

Study mentioned here.

Sharing Economy, Blockchain Markets & Crowd-Based Capitalism

A. Sundararajan, Video here. 

Digitale Wirtschaft und Privatsphäre: Der Preis der Personalisierung

N. Jentzsch, hier. 

The FCO prohibits booking.com’s “narrow” best-price clause

S. Heinz, here. 

The fourth industrial revolution: what does WEF’s Klaus Schwab leave out?

A. Maynard, here. 

Apple Presses Supreme Court for Appeal Over eBooks Price Fixing

Fortune.com, here. 

The Final GDPR Text and What It Will Mean for Health Data

Hogan Lovells, here. 

Distributed Ledger Technology: beyond block chain

UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser, here.

Internet providers want to know more about you than Google does, privacy groups say

Washington Post, here.

Towards a material ecology

N.Oxman,  here.

Blockchain Technology: Principles and Applications

M. Pilkington, here.

Disrupting the Disruptors

Nesta, here.

Emerging Competition Issues: Keeping Pace in a Changing World

CA Competition Bureau, here.

Towards a Digital Single Market Act

EP, here.

How I peeked at the personal data a billion dollar company holds about me

P.-O. Dehaye, here.

As More Pay by Smartphone, Banks Scramble to Keep Up

NYTimes, here. 

Digital transformations: An introduction

F.-X. Olleros, M. Zhegu, here. 

WhatsApp as a business channel

Whatsapp.com, here. 

Competition Law for a Post-Scarcity World

S. Mehla, here.

Privacy and Drone Spying

NYTimes, here. 

Welcome to the Jungle: The Liability of Internet Intermediaries for Privacy Violations in Europe

B. van der Sloot, here. 

Information as Property

H. Zech, here. 

The law and economics of most-favoured nation clauses

F.Gonzalez-Diaz, M. Bennett, here. 

Which Future for Competition in the Global Trade System: Competition Chapters in FTAs

V. Demedts, here. 

Drug Wars:A New Generation of Generic Pharmaceutical Delay

R. Feldman, E. Frondorf, here. 

Antitrust Overhaul

R. Steiner, here. 

Competition Policy in a World of Big Data

S. Vezzoso, here (this blog's author).

Your comments are more than welcome!

Competition in a big data world

M. Vestager, here. 

Ad Blocking: A Primer

TechCrunch, here. 

Tarifs bancaires : Bercy va lancer un comparateur sur Internet

LeParisien, ici. 

A Note on the Ethics of Nudge

C. Schubert, here. 

Building the intention economy

ctrlio, here. 

European Antitrust Chief Takes Swipe at Privacy Issue

NYTimes, here.

Unilever CMO predicts that consumers will be using some sort of virtual assistant in the near future

Adage.com, here.

Stop Chug-a-Lug-a-Lugin 5 Miles an Hour on Your International Harvester: How Modern Economics Brings the FTC's Unfairness Analysis Up to Speed with Digital Platforms

J. Wright, J. Yun, here.

Capitalism’s Biggest Enemies: Elites Who Advocate Free-Market Competition

L. Lessig, here.

UK Government Response to EU public consultation on Digital Platforms

HMGovernment, here.

Un chauffeur de taxi peut aussi être sur Uber. L'article de loi l'interdisant censuré

Conseil constitutionnel, Décision n° 2015-516 QPC du 15 janvier 2016, ici. 

The Rise of the Platform Enterprise: A Global Survey

P. Evans, A. Gawer, here. 

IT giants debate on Big Data

Vodafone-institut.de, Video here

Some Reflections on ‘Switching Principles’ for key regulated sectors

The Centre for Competition Policy (CCP), here.  

Open Letter on Ethical Norms in Intellectual Property Scholarship

R. Feldman, M. Lemley, J. Masur, A. Rai, here. 

Fair Share: Reclaiming power in the sharing economy

B. Balaram, here. 

The economic impact of enforcement of competition policies on the functioning of EU energy markets

EC, here. 

Preisvergleichs- und Bewertungsportale als Verbraucherinformation

Deutsche Bundesregierung, hier. 

Do Consumers Care About Their Privacy In Practice? The FTC Digs Into The Debate

Adexchanger, here. 

Digital dividends

World Bank, here. 

This Rectal Thermometer Is the Logical Conclusion of the Internet of Things

Motherboard, here. 

Bundesgerichtshof: Facebooks "Freundefinder" ist unzulässiger Spam

Heise.de, hier. 

The Tradeoff Fallacy (Or the Privacy 'Paradox' Elucidated)

N. Draper M. Hennessy, J. Turow, here.

Privacy and Information Sharing

Pewinternet.org, here. 

In Letter To Google CEO, Sen. Franken Raises Questions Regarding Student Data Collection

TechCrunch, here. 

Google Maps will soon work out where you're going by itself

Wired.com, here. 

The Fourth Industrial Revolution: what it means, how to respond

WEForum, here. 

Recommendation on protecting and promoting the right to freedom of expression and the right to private life with regard to network neutrality

Council of Europe, here. 

Innovation de rupture, droit et concurrence

Microeconomix, Conférence vendredi 29 janvier 2016, ici. 

Shops could soon be targeting ads according to your feet

TheGuardian, here. 

America's top privacy regulator refuses to wear a Fitbit

Theguardian.com, here. 

How Hotels.com uses email to keep me as a loyal customer

Econsultancy, here.

"So what is it about the Hotels.com offers and vouchers that get me? They feel relevant. They feel timely. They’re just the right amount of pushy". Email are "personalised, and relevant to trips I have browsed and taken in the past".

Market Study Into the Supply of Legal Services in England and Wales

CMA, here. 

Unternehmenszusammenschlüsse im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel verringern die Produktvielfalt

E. Argentesi, P. Buccirossi, R. Cervone, T. Duso, A. Marrazzo, hier. 

The sorry legacy of Internet Explorer

Wired.com, here. 

In Pursuit of an Affordable Tablet for the Blind

Technologyreview, here. 

Meet the Company That Doesn't Want to Know Who You Are

Zdnet, here. 

A Few Keystrokes Could Solve the Crime. Would You Press Enter?

J. Zittrain, here. 

Apple’s Android switching plan

Telegraph, here. 

Skratch Bastid's David Bowie remix takes off on Facebook

CBC.ca, here. 

Italian consumer organizations seek EU antitrust probe into McDonald's franchise

Reuters, here. 

The College With Mandatory Fitness Tracking Devices

Thedailybeast, here. 

Intelligent Virtual Assistant Market Worth $3.07 Billion By 2020

iCrunchdatanews, here. 

The three stages of printed pizzas and other wonders

Deloitte, here. 

Travel Search Site Skyscanner Raises $192M For International Expansion

TechCrunch, here. 

Auswirkungen der Safe Harbor Entscheidung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs

Deutsche Bundesregierung, hier. 

General Data Protection Regulation: A Milestone Of The Digital Age

IAPP, here. 

What Mobile Ads Know About Mobile Users

S. Son, D.Kim V. Shmatikov, here.

Der erfasste Mensch

SZ.de, here.

Off-Topic: A Different Kind of Cartel

Rollingstone, here.

Capturing value in the evolving mobility ecosystem

Deloitte, here.

Unlocking the Value of IoT Through Big Data

GSMA, here. 

Richard Langlois to Lords and Baronesses re online platforms

here.

Digital platforms: an analytical framework for identifying and evaluating policy options

TNO Report, here.

VG Media reicht weitere Klage gegen Google ein

Leistungsschutzrecht.info, hier. 

Insurance companies prepare to insure Uber drivers

OttawaCitizen, here. 

Auto Distribution: Current Issues and Future Trends

FTC, here. 

Law & Order 2045: Here are 3 legal cases from the future

FusionNet, here.

3 Products That Turn Your Fitness Data Into Training Tips

.consumerreports.org, here.

Recht auf Nutzung der persönlichen Daten. Recht auf Kopie

Postulat (vom CH Bundesrat angenommen), hier. 

Misleading patent office as abuse of dominant position (Israel)

Internationallawoffice, here or here. 

OLG Frankfurt: Einsatz von Cookies für Werbezwecke erfordert kein Opt-in

Delegedata.de, hier. 

Google is Microsoft, after all

Politico.eu, here. 

San Francisco’s largest taxi company is edging toward filing for bankruptcy

SFExaminer, here.

Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion? Understanding the Issues

FTC, here.
Read also the Separate Statement of Commissioner Ohlhausen, here. 

Supermarkt-Fusionen schaden der Produktvielfalt

Handelsblatt, hier.

Studie hier. 

Forbes, ad blocking, and the promise of an "ad-light experience"

Forbes, here. 

Artificial Intelligence: What Will the Next 20 Years Bring?

B. Hodjat, here. 

What We Can Do with Ad Blocking's Leverage

LinuxJournal, here. 

MLB Faces Antitrust Trial Over Telecasts: Are Small-Market Clubs Doomed By Cord-Cutters?

HollywoodReporter, here. 

vzbv mahnt Datenschutzerklärung von Google erneut ab

vzbv.de, hier.

Aptoide Lands $4M To Grow Its Alternative Android App Store In Emerging Markets

TechCrunch, here.

The Power of Data Network Effects

M. Turck, here. 

Facebook just gave us one more reason never to trust it

Theverge.com, here. 

GDPR: The hard way and the easy way

Ctrl-shift.co.uk, here. 

Can Robots Be Lawyers? Computers, Lawyers, and the Practice of Law

D. Remus, F. Levy, here. 

The Internal and External Constraints of Data Protection on Competition Law in the EU

F. Costa-Cabral, O. Lynskey, here. 

Looking Beyond the Internet of Things

NYTimes, here.

Beware: Silicon Valley’s cultists want to turn you into a disruptive deviant

E. Morozov, here.

In Silicon Valley Now, It’s Almost Always Winner Takes All

NewYorker, here.

Enigma, MIT Media Lab’s Blockchain-based Encrypted Data Marketplace, to Launch Beta

Bitcoinmagazine.com, here.
Enigma Whitepaper here. 

Everyone Hates Uber’s Surge Pricing – Here’s How to Fix It

U. Dholakia, here.

Online Services and the Analysis of Competitive Merger Effects in Privacy Protections and Other Quality Dimensions

K. Waehrer, here.

Differential pricing: Rarely anything free about our basic freedoms

E. Moglen & M. Choudhary, here.

Google confirms next Android version won’t implement Oracle’s proprietary Java APIs

VentureBeat, here.

The GAI on the EU Platform Consultation

Here.

More on data protection and economics here. 

Dutch court rules Anne Frank’s diary can be used for scientific research

Future of Copyright, here.

La lettre de l'avocat du fonds Anne Frank

Affordance.typepad.com, ici. 

Ignore the hype. ISP adblocking is a no-go in Europe

PageFair, here. 

The startup that’s ruffling the feathers of Booking.com

CNBS.com, here. 

First fast track, stand alone damages action and application for injunction brought before the CAT

NCRQ Ltd against the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, here. 

Auch „enge“ Bestpreisklauseln von Booking sind kartellrechtswidrig

Bundeskartellamt, hier.

OLG Frankfurt: Hersteller dürfen Händlern Vergleichsportale nicht verbieten, Amazon schon

Online-marketing-recht.de, hier. 

Disrupting the subscription journals’ business model for the necessary large-scale transformation to open access

R. Schimmer, K. Geschuhn, A. Vogler, here. 

Missteps in Europe’s Online Privacy Bill

NYTimes, here. 

Of Homo Economicus and Superintelligence

J. Gans, here. 

Big Data : quand l’Insee s’intéresse aux données des opérateurs de téléphonie mobile

Nextinpact.com, ici. 

Value Exchange from Data Exchange

acxiom, here. 

Online Platforms Consultation: Response by the EDPS

Here. 

In a first, East Texas judge hits patent troll with attorneys’ fees

ArsTechnica, here. 

American Express can enforce anti-steering rules

Reuters, here.

L'UFC-Que Choisir assigne la société Valve

QueChoisir, ici. 

Predicting someone’s risk of a heart attack based upon their Visa bill

StatNews, here. 

Australian government wins plain packaging case against Philip Morris Asia

Smh, here.

What Will It Take to Build a Virtuous AI?

TechnologyReview, here. 

Drawing Causal Inference from Big Data

Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia, Videos here. 

Smarte Neue Welt

Hier. 

Online privacy tools for the general public

ENISA, here. 

Competition law at the crossroads in the Digital Economy: is it all about Google?

G. Surblytė, here.

Avis de l'Autorité de la concurrence sur le projet de loi pour une République Numérique

Ici. 

Tesla hacked off by lone hacker’s claims that he made a self-driving car

Arstechnica.co.uk, here. 

Projet de loi République numérique : publication de l’avis de la CNIL

CNIL, ici.
Voir aussi l'avis du Conseil National du Numérique, ici.
Présentation du projet de loi à l'Assemblée Nationale, Vidéo ici.
Voir aussi le point de vue de Bruno Lasserre au sujet de la loyauté des plateformes (platform fairness) (juillet 2015) ici (depuis 25:21).

The UK Supreme Court makes clear its belief that competition law should be interpreted in terms of its economic substance

P. Davis, here.

EU Data-Privacy Law Raises Daunting Prospects for U.S. Companies

WSJ, here.

The next opportunity for app developers: Turning anonymous data into ad sales

VentureBeat, here. 

Purchase details leaked to PayPal

S. Preibusch, T. Peetz, G. Acar, B. Berendt, here. 

Computer learns like a human and (sort of) beat the Turing Test

Mashable.com, here. 

3D Printing: Looking Through the Hype

Deloitte, here. 

Why Ebooks Will Eventually Replace Print

Bookbusinessmag, here. 

Compensation and the Damages Directive

S. Peyer, here. 

Einsatz von Uber Black wettbewerbswidrig

Kammergericht, Urteil vom 11. Dezember 2015 - 5 U 31/15, hier.

Mobile Identity – The Fusion of Financial Services, Mobility and Identity

Telstra, here. 

Patterns of disruption

Deloitte, here. 

BBC Uses Artificial Intelligence to Track Down New Audiences for ‘Sherlock’

Recode.net, here. 

Online platforms and data protection

EDPS, here.

"Despite the essential role cloud services play for the deployment of online services, EU consumers still do not seem to fully trust cloud-based services...As a result, finding privacy-friendly solutions for cloud computing services represents one of the main challenges for online platforms... Boosting research and marketing of solutions increasing transparency and user's control over their data (such as “personal data management systems”) is essential to offer a higher level of protection and thus increasing users' trust.

After Spending A Day As The Internet's Punching Bag, Philips Walks Back Firmware Update That Locked Out Third-Party Products

TechDirt, here. 

General Court annuls airfreight cartel decision

Press release here.

The Human Condition and The Black Box Society

N. Dewandre, here.

Mergers in the Dutch grocery sector: an ex-post evaluation

Lear for the ACM, here. 

Agreement on Commission's EU data protection reform will boost Digital Single Market

EC, Press Release, here. 

Personal Data Management Systems

R. Oostrum, here. 

Auto Distribution: Current Issues and Future Trends

FTC, here. 

Internet of Things: Another Industry Patent War?

K. Ho, here. 

Einheitliche Glühweinpreise: Kartellamt ermittelt

MDR.de, hier. 

Web Privacy Census 2015

I. Altaweel, N. Good, and C. Hoofnagle, here. 

Software-Enabled Consumer Products Study: Notice and Request for Public Comment

U.S. Copyright Office, here. 

Competition Tribunal Gives Go Ahead for Price Maintenance Claim Against Music Industry Giants

M. Geist, here. 

Is Privacy The Future of Online Marketing?

 S. Milyaeva and D. Neyland, here. 

Your Algorithmic Self Meets Super-Intelligent AI

TechCrunch, here. 

Web Scraping: Applications and Tools

EPSI, here. 

The European hospitality industry launches a campaign: ‘Book Direct’

Hotrec.eu, here. 

'Internetstandards' sollen nicht für internetbasierte Vermittlungsportale gelten

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Le partenariat entre la SNCF et Airbnb ulcère les hôteliers

Numérama, ici. 

How to Explore Consumers’ Privacy Choices with Behavioral Economics

S. Preibusch, here. 

BCS Challenges: Personal data

BCS.org, here. 

Hotel pricing in a post-parity world

TNooz, Webinar Video here. 

Price signalling and information exchange

Allen & Overy, Video here. 

Bahn einigt sich in Kartellstreit mit drei Fluggesellschaften

FAZ, hier.

Google Continuing To Test 4 Text Ads In Search Results

SearchEngineLand, here.

Intellectual Property and Innovation in Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

EC Joint Research Centre, here.

Silicon Valley Kingpins Commit $1 Billion to Create Artificial Intelligence Without Profit Motive

WSJ, here.

Government Ministers give evidence on online platforms

House of Lords, Press Release here. Video here. 

A frenzy of deals is awakening America’s antitrust regulators

TheEconomist, here..

Netzneutralität: Europas lange Leitung

Das Netz, hier. 

Racial Discrimination in the Sharing Economy: Evidence from a Field Experiment

B. Edelman,  M. Luca, D. Svirsky, here.

Our Data, Our Rules?

F. Pasquale, Audio here. 

Big data ethics

UK Cross-Government Data Programme, here. 

Options to strengthen the misuse of market power law

AU Treasury, here. 

Italy's antitrust watchdog opens probe into Enel's smart meters

Reuters, here.

Disruptive innovation and competition

A. Tonazzi, Presentation here. 

Data protection will become the new antitrust

G. Buttarelli, here. 

Successful Technology Licensing

WIPO, here. 

What if we could demand something in return for our personal data?

Computing.co.uk, here. 

The Next Frontier For Wearables: Bendable Batteries, Healthy Tattoos And More

TechCrunch, here. 

When Your Boss Is an Uber Algorithm

Technologyreview.com, here. 

Der Bürger als Datenproduzent

Faz,  morgen:

"Warum soll Persönlichkeit, die in einem Lichtbild(werk) verkörpert ist, mit Blick auf die Verwertung auch schutzbedürftiger sein als reine persönliche Daten, wie der Pulsschlag ?"

Digital Content Next Research Indicates 33% of Consumers Likely to Try Ad Blocking Software in Next Three Months

DigitalContentNext, here.

“The more bits you use, the more you pay”: Comcast CEO justifies data caps

ArsTechnica, here. 

This is why Microsoft cuddled up to Cyanogen, the startup trying to take Android 'away from' Google

Uk.businessinsider.com, here. 

Le "cartel de l'endive" renvoyé devant la justice européenne

Ouest-france.fr, ici. 

Guarding and growing personal data value

Accenture, here. 

Uber, Airbnb and Amazon

House of Lords, Video here. 

The vision of a digital Europe: challenges and opportunities

M.Vestager, here.

Digital Regulation

B. Lasserre, Video here.

Growth Through Trust

The CMA, the slave trade and the commercial use of consumer data

MyDex, here.

"At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, let us draw an analogy. Imagine an 18th century Competition and Markets Authority calling for information about the slave trade. If this 18th century CMA accepted the status quo – that the ‘market’ in question is people being traded rather than people being able to trade in the market in their own right – it might have asked how slaves may generate benefit for their owners, how slaves are collected, bought and sold, what contractual arrangements apply to the trading of slaves (including pricing), what restrictions firms have in acquiring slaves, and so on. In other words, it might have asked the sorts of questions that the CMA is currently asking about personal data – assuming that individuals have no right or ability to use/trade their own data for their own purposes in their own right."

Watch also MyDex's testimony to the House of Lords' EU Internal Market Sub-Committee (Online Platforms and the EU Digital Single Market Inquiry), Video here (from 17:35:15).

Uitgeverijen willen verkoop tweedehands e-book tegengaan

NOS, hier. 

Uber is still blocked on WeChat in China — and the situation is getting worse

VentureBeat, here. 

The Internet of Me: An infographic

TheMedium, here. 

The Data Driven Economy: Toward Sustainable Growth

Ctrl-shift, here. 

EC sends two Statements of Objections on exclusivity payments and predatory pricing to Qualcomm

Press Release, here.

And Qualcomm's comment, here. 

Algorithms rule our lives, so who should rule them?

QZ.com, here. 

The Business Case For Augmented Reality

TechCrunch, here. 

Uber est condamné à 150 000 euros d’amende pour UberPop

Numerama, ici. 

Hotel support has been ‘overwhelming’, says TripTease ‘chief tease’

Eyefortravel.com, here. 

FTC Files Lawsuit Seeking to Block Staples-Office Depot Merger

WSJ, here. 

Give Us Back Our Data

Video, here. 

Beer Drinkers Are Suing to Stop the AB InBev-SABMiller Merger

Fortune.com, here. 

Data to become new profit centre for car makers

Telegraph.co.uk, here. 

Evans and Ezrachi answering questions on online platforms and competition

Video, here.

Data, data protection and online platforms

House of Lords, Audio (from 1:12) here.

(David Alexander is just amazing).

Skyscanner, Yelp, hotels and booksellers giving evidence on online platforms

House of Lords, Audio here.

E-Commerce Exec and Online Retailer Charged with Price Fixing Wall Posters

DoJ, here.

Yen Interest Rate Derivatives Decision

EC, Case AT.39861, here.

Meet the Russian Company That Got Its Antitrust Watchdog to Bite Google

Recode.net, here.