By John Gruber
Streaks: The to-do list that helps you form good habits. For iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt:
The language of the European Commission’s press release Tuesday announcing the start of a formal antitrust investigation of Apple and five major book publishers doesn’t address the obvious question: If Amazon is the 500-lbs. gorilla in the e-book trade, why has Apple’s much smaller iBookstore been targeted?
Bottom-line: the EU thinks the “agency model” constitutes illegal price-fixing.
★ Tuesday, 6 December 2011