See this slide? This slide is your favourite content from all those e-commerce, e-platforming conferences of the past couple of years. And the EU says it’s dead. This is a big deal. In a ruling, announced this morning, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) said that Uber is a transport company, refuting Uber’s argument that “it is a computer services business with operations that should be subject to an EU directive governing e-commerce and prohibiting restrictions on the estab

The record fine of €2.42bn imposed on Google by the EU shouldn’t come as surprise to anyone. With dominance for the digital world reaching a crucial ‘Game of Thrones’ style finale, Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple are playing a high stakes game that is disrupting our received wisdom concerning the web, search, social media and commerce. Put simply, these companies are trying to circumvent the ‘open’ web with their own business platforms. Facebook has its walled garden conte