A woman is on a ladder hanging up Xmas decorations above a window rod. She stumbles and falls hard off the ladder onto her back. Luckily breaking her fall is a wrapped Xmas present. Upon impact, we hear a melodic meowing. She unwraps the present to reveal a large pillow on which is sewn an image of a cat wearing eyeglasses. And upon the silly gift being fully unwrapped, we hear the meowing is to the tune of “Jingle Bells.”
A super appears which reads, “Bad gifts don’t save lives/War Child gifts actually do.”
The spot ends with the website address warchildgifts.ca. where visitors can purchase gifts which can give a family torn apart by war the chance to rebuild and work towards a more peaceful future. Now there’s a gift that keeps on giving.
Jon Barber of OPC, Toronto, directed “Holiday Mishap” for agency John St.
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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