Open software platforms, like Google’s Android, are all the rage. And for good reason: they offer a faster route to building an applications portfolio. But they are no panacea: Android had a scare recently where it was invaded by some third-party apps bearing malicious code. Will one platform …
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By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Android, Google, open platform | Category: Quick Takes, Telecommunications Regulation |
 Leave a commentSome four decades ago, Nobel economist George Akerlof argued that markets didn’t get it right when sellers knew a lot more than their potential customers. In the used car market, for example, buyers can’t readily distinguish lemons from non-lemons without investing in the services of an … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Allow, asymmetric information, CarMax, George Akerlof, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, Personal | Category: Consumer Protection |
Leave a commentIt’s old news that Google is being investigated for abusing its dominant (as in, 90 percent-plus) market share in Internet searches. Seems a whole bunch of companies that compete with Google are complaining that Big G is discriminating by demoting them to lesser positions on search results. And the European … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Anti-trust, Attorney General, European Union, Google, Microsoft | Category: Antitrust, Internet regulation |
Leave a commentWe think (as does virtually everybody else) that Google is a fantastic company, a force for innovation that has generated enormous benefits for Internet users even as it earned a ton of money for shareholders. But we don’t think Google is some sort of saint of capitalism–a firm that can … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Eric Schmidt, Facebook, Google, Ronald Coase | Category: Telecommunications Regulation |
One commentIf you’re confused about the net neutrality controversy – more specifically, what’s at stake, why Google and Verizon cut a deal and how the FCC has blundered into a legal quagmire – don’t miss this analysis by New York Times’ columnist Joe Nocera. For that … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: FCC, Google, Joe Nocera, Net Neutrality, Verizon | Category: Quick Takes, Telecommunications Regulation |
Leave a commentRemember when Microsoft appeared to be on track to dominate our waking hours at work (Windows, Office) and at play (Xbox, Internet Explorer, MSN)? Seems like a quaint memory now — though, in the long-standing tradition of refighting the last war, as recently as December the European competition authority was … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: AdMob, Antitrust, DoubleClick, Facebook, FTC, Google, Microsoft | Category: Competition Policy |
Leave a commentSo it’s official: Verizon and Google have (sort of) agreed on a way to break the deadlock on “net neutrality” – the highly charged question of when (if ever) Internet providers may differentiate the quality of service among users. For the first time, companies with very different interests have … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Broadband, Google, network neutrality, Verizon | Category: Internet |
Leave a commentIt’s never been much of a secret that commercial websites collect as much information about visitors as they dare, using it as a marketing tool themselves or selling it to others. But the depth and breadth of the effort, revealed last month by The Wall Street Journal, was … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Google, Microsoft, privacy, website tracking, Yahoo! | Category: Internet |
Leave a commentIf you bought any generation of iPhone in the U.S., a federal judge just decided you can now join a class action challenging the exclusive marketing agreement between Apple and AT&T. It’s just not evident why you would want to. It’s not at all clear you are … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Apple, AT&T, Google, iPhone, Microsoft, Nokia, Research in Motion | Category: Telecommunications Regulation |
One commentJust before the tech bubble crashed in 2000 Microsoft had a market capitalization of $586 billion while one-time rival Apple’s cap languished at $17 billion. Now the two tech icons are running neck and neck — a reversal of fortune the bloggerati are inclined to ascribe to a … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Antitrust, Apple, Federal Trade Commission, Google, Microsoft | Category: Telecommunications Regulation |
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