April 30, 2012
Citi’s Banking App Works For Apple and Amazon ― But Not...
A new update to Citi’s tablet banking app includes support for Apple’s iPad and the Amazon Kindle Fire, but not Google tablets, AppleInsider reports. Citi’s smartphone apps are available on...
April 29, 2012
FAS opens case against Federal Customs Service for iPad favoritism
Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service has launched formal proceedings against the Federal Customs Service for exempting iPads from customs duties. The decision to open a case comes after an investigation that...
April 26, 2012
CPI Blog o’ blogs April 2012
April 2012, Volume 2, Number 4 Two stories dominated this month’s blog sphere. The DOJ’s case on eBooks is becoming a Medusa-like story — issues that just won’t be...
April 24, 2012
Is Facebook a Massive Payments Company?
You’d think so given its amended S-1. It is on track to earn almost $1 billion from payments in 2012. In the first quarter of 2012 it earned $186 million...
April 24, 2012
Is Facebook a Massive Payments Company?
You’d think so given its amended S-1. It is on track to earn almost $1 billion from payments in 2012. In the first quarter of 2012 it earned $186 million...
April 23, 2012
Sharis Pozen reviews DOJ Antitrust Division’s achievements in Brookings Institution...
Sharis Pozen, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the DOJ, gave a speech at the Brookings Institution where she offered an “insider’s view” of the division’s activities...
April 23, 2012
Startup Roundup: Who’s Getting Funded?
Here’s our Startup Roundup: a (close-to-) comprehensive list of each of the startup companies in payments and/or e-commerce to receive at least $1 million in funding from equity investors in...
April 19, 2012
Judge rejects motion to dismiss Apple, Google, Intel anti-poaching case
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh rejected the defendant companies’ motion to dismiss In re High-Tech Employee Antitrust Litigation. Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe, Pixar, and Lucasfilm are accused of a conspiracy...
April 18, 2012
Canadian class actions follow after DOJ’s eBook price fixing suit
The Globe and Mail reports that at least five proposed class action lawsuits against Apple and other eBook publishers have been filed. The Canadian lawsuits bring claims against Hachette, HarperCollins,...
