Agency goodness Mfg., a Trailer Park company, has hired Carl Corbitt and Anja Duering as co-creative directors. They make the move to goodness Mfg. from Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam where they were creative directors on Nokia, a global account they helped double for the Amsterdam office in under a year. They also spent three years at Crispin Porter + Bogusky as VP/associate creative directors, turning out integrated branding campaigns for a range of business and managing creative teams on Volkswagen and Geek Squad.
As co-CDs at goodness Mfg., Corbitt and Duering’s roles will span creative and strategy on all accounts, as well as new business pitches, according to Tom Adams, partner/executive creative director, goodness Mfg. Adams worked with the duo earlier on Geek Squad before leaving his CD post at CP+B to co-found goodness Mfg. “They have big ideas that they develop and move forward. They execute on strategy. And they are well versed in the digital space, so there’s no need to silo out work for different platforms.”
Their experience includes the Cannes Grand Prix-winning GTI “Fast” integrated campaign for VW, which Duering art directed at CP+B, and the Cannes/One Show/Andy-honored VW “Safe Happens” interactive campaign, which Corbitt wrote an array of different elements for at CP+B.
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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