Category: Policy

macOS Settings screenshot: Default Messaging App -- Beeper

Beeper as the universal inbox

Sometimes, a tool is the best way to demonstrate to people just how powerful interoperability can be. And Beeper is very rapidly making the potential of messaging interoperability clear (and providing the universal inbox many people would like.)

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S. Dustdar speaking in front of a European Parliament banner, alongside Francesca Bria

Towards European Digital Independence

Congratulations to Alexandra Geese, Francesca Bria and Cristina Caffarra for organising a timely and interesting conference at the European Parliament on the idea of a “Euro-stack” (building on existing “stacks”/digital public infrastructure created by India and Brazil). You can watch the whole 5-hour event; I made a few notes (below) as I watched the middle half.

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Cristina Caffarra (bottom right) interviews FTC Chair Lina Khan (main window) remotely

Notes from the Next World Order

Cristina Caffarra’s annual competition-fest today in Brussels was as speaker- and content-packed as ever. As well as much discussion of the eagerly anticipated deadline for Digital Markets Act compliance in five weeks, it was a fascinating look beyond narrow antitrust policy to competition policy linkages with industrial and trade policy (with lots of AI on the side).

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