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    By Kristin Wilcha

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    New Faces

    Frank Lowe’s new agency will be called Red Brick Road. The new London shop opens in March with the Tesco account….Peter Kagan has joined Saatchi & Saatchi LA, Torrance, Calif., as creative director of interactive and emerging technology. Also joining the shop are John King, interactive communications director, and Zachary Gallagher, idea management director for interactive….Bob Robinson has been promoted to executive creative director at agency imc², Dallas, while Renee McKeon has been upped to VP of user experience….

     

    Account Movement

    Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Miami, has been given ad duties for the entire Miller Lite account. Eliminated from the roster are: Ogilvy & Mather, New York, Wieden + Kennedy, Portland, Ore., and The Martin Agency, Richmond, Va…..The Dr Pepper account has shifted to Young & Rubicam, San Francisco, from the New York office….Ogilvy & Mather, Chicago, will handle ad duties for the Quiznos sandwich chain….Euro RSCG Worldwide, Chicago, has been awarded ad duties on the Barilla pasta account….Tierney Communications, Philadelphia, will handle ad duties for Bayer Environmental Science, makers of pest and turf management products….JWT Chicago, and White Space, a brand consulting unit of Kirshenbaum Bond+ Partners, New York, have been added to the roster of shops Macy’s calls on for advertising…..

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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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