Commercial production studio Picrow (Pictures in a Row) has added Husein Alicajic to its directorial roster, marking his first career stateside representation. He continues to be repped Down Under by Photoplay Films, Australia. With colorful, uplifting work that includes Aussie market campaigns for Skittles, Starburst, Subaru, the Sydney Film Festival, Pepsi, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Alicajic relocated last year from Australia to Los Angeles.
Spotmaking is but one of varied discipline in which Alicajic is active. With a penchant for also writing and directing television and film projects, he recently debuted a project at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney and last year won an award Best Direction at the New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards for his efforts with the Sydney Dance Company. Furthermore Alicajic is set to direct a feature he co-wrote, Divine Shadows, with Daria Jovicic producing.
At Picrow, Alicajic joins a lineup of directors which include Picrow founder Peter Lang, DarkFibre, Bryan Barber, Marc Silver, Margaret Malandruccolo, Florian Hoffmeister, Chris Cantwell, and Sean Stiegemeier. Company exec producer is Roger Hunt.
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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