April 26, 2021
Breaking Point: How Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook Became Foes
By Mike Isaac & Jack Nicas, New York Times At a confab for tech and media moguls in Sun Valley, Idaho, in July 2019, Timothy D. Cook of Apple and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook...
April 12, 2021
Open Banking in Brazil: A “Disruptive Step” Towards the Increasing...
Following an upward trend in the global agenda for digital-driven economies, Open Banking has emerged as a hot topic in Brazil. Since 2018, the Central Bank of Brazil has been...
March 12, 2021
The Battles Between Google, Facebook, and News Media Proprietors Over...
Google and Facebook have been in high profile dispute in Australia as to implementation of a news bargaining code promoted by a competition regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission...
February 26, 2021
Facebook Mulls 2021 Launch Of Facial Recognition Glasses With Ray-Ban
A Facebook executive confirmed that the social media giant could release facial recognition glasses this year in partnership with Luxottica, the maker of Ray-Ban, Buzzfeed reported on Thursday (Feb. 25)....
February 15, 2021
Zuckerberg Told Employees “We Need To Inflict Pain” On Apple
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees close to him, “we need to inflict pain” on Apple for comments by Apple CEO Tim Cook that Zuckerberg described as “extremely glib.” This...
February 08, 2021
On the Competitive Effects of Single-Homing: The Case of Hybrid...
By revisiting the “competitive bottleneck” hypothesis in the context of multi-sided platform competition, this paper shows that the existence of single-homing consumers needs not to raise anti-competitive concerns regarding the...
December 14, 2020
Rebooting Digital Market Power
By David Teece & Henry Kahwaty1 I. Introduction The European Commission is considering legislative proposals to address the perceived market power of online platforms. The proposals include the use...
September 07, 2020
Canadian Merger Review: Assessing Failing Firm Claims in Market Conditions...
The disruption of the economy due to COVID-19 is leading some companies to experience financial difficulties and struggle for survival. It is not unlikely that competition authorities will face an...
June 25, 2020
Messaging App Viber Cuts Ties With Facebook
Rakuten Viber, one of the world’s leading messaging apps for free and secure communication, announces it will cut all business ties with Facebook. The messaging app will remove Facebook Connect,...