A man wakes up and looks out the window to see that it’s raining. Not the best way to start the morning. But things only get worse.
For breakfast, he reaches for a box of cereal which is open and upside down. All the contents spill out, leaving him to sweep up the mess.
His getting ready for work is also undermined. He drops his toothbrush in the toilet.
Once he gets out of the house, he drops his car keys which fall through a street grate.
Well, you get the idea. Mishap after mishap until he returns home to find an envelope at his door which contains his customized power plan from Edison. Finally something good he can count on.
He goes out to celebrate at a restaurant. However, the tablecloth is tucked in his pants and when he gets up–well, you know the rest.
Boris Damast of Mechaniks in Venice, Calif., directed this comedy spot, one of six in a campaign, for Milan-based agency Cayenne. Production company on the job was Haibun, Milan.
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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