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    Bicoastal Gartner has named Chicago-based independent rep Renee Case to cover the Midwest….Jolie Miller, formerly of Miller/Nadler, New York, has joined bicoastal MacGuffin Films, to cover the East Coast. Miller rounds out a sales force that includes Helen Blatt, who also handles the East Coast; Midwest rep Jay Anderson; and Grace Silverstein on the West Coast….Santa Monica-based commercial production house Fuse has secured Maureen Melvin of Maureen Melvin and Co., Los Angeles, and Stuart Sternbach of New York-based Pangea to serve as West Coast and East Coast reps, respectively. Elizabeth Mang continues to handle Fuse in the Midwest….Anne Bakoulis has joined Postworks, New York, as director of sales. She will handle national and international sales for the postproduction facility.…DP Robin Miller has signed with Sherry Rousso Associates, New York, for spot representation in the U.S….DP Ivan Bird has joined Tenth House/ The Geller Agency, Los Angeles, for exclusive representation in commercials, music videos and features….Production designer Jonathan Wellerstein is available exclusively through Lyons•Sheldon•Prosnit Agency, Los Angeles…. Santa Monica-based broadcast design and production studio Belief has hired Erin Davis as director of business development. Her focus is to pursue new business in the U.S. and Latin American markets….

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    Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance

    Saturday, November 23, 2024

    Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.

    The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.

    "This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."

    The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."

    And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.

    Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.

    Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.

    Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."

    It's the latest move by regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to crack down on the... Read More

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