A man in an old model car equipped with a loud speaker system drives through a village and pronounces to anyone within earshot seemingly whatever thoughts come to his mind. He is speaking Spanish over the sound system. But this spec spot provides English subtitles.
His declarations include: “Going to the beach at 5, I bring the beer.”
“Diego and Julia are DJing at the Iguana.”
“Is it going to be an iPod battle or what?”
“Lady Gaga’s new album totally kills it.”
“God I love the Quaker Oil girl.”
At the spot’s conclusion, as the car continues it journey–perhaps headed for that beach rendezvous–a supered Twitter logo appears.
This spec piece came from Fortune Cookie, a creative collective headed by director Pierluca De Carlo and filmmaker Ben Wolfinsohn. Fortune Cookie recently launched as a division of New York-based production company Identity.
Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance
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."
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