Post house Cutters, with bases of operation in Chicago and Santa Monica, has brought editor Rick Lobo aboard its roster. Lobo will be based in the company’s Santa Monica office, where he will help continue the growth of Cutters’ West Coast outpost which is under the aegis of executive producer Nicole Visram.
Lobo began his commercial editing career and developed his skills with edit house Filmcore in San Francisco before moving to Los Angeles to explore further opportunities, most recently editing with the Southern California office of Beast.
Well established in the advertising community, Lobo–who has earned two AICE Awards–is known for his precise comedic timing. He has cut for assorted clients over the years. Most recently he wrapped a Kia project for David & Goliath, Los Angeles. At press time, Lobo was editing an AT&T campaign out of GSD&M, Austin, Texas.
Cutters’ affiliates include audio house Another Country, as well as Sol Design.
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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