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    Flashback for March 27, 2015

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    March 28-30, 2010
    Director Joe Murray has come aboard the roster of Rhythm + Hues Commercial Studios. He was most recently handled by Boxer Films for commercials. In that he is adept at live action and effects—and in meshing the two disciplines without losing the human element in his storytelling—Murray dovetails nicely with R+H, a digital studio encompassing live-action and animation directors, visual effects, design and post services….The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) has tabbed Freakonomics—from the innovative documentary filmmakers behind Super Size Me, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Jesus Camp, Why We Fight and The King of Kong—to serve as its closing gala premiere on April 30. The fest will also host a gala premiere of Letters to Juliet on April 25 and a special presentation of My Own Love Song.  Freakonomics is an adaptation of the smash bestselling book, “Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Exposes the Hidden Side of Everything” by Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner….Directorial duo Radical Friend—consisting of filmmakers/artists Kirby McClure and Julia Grigorian—has come aboard the roster of Paranoid US for spots and music videos. Radical Friend continues to be repped in Canada by Spy Films….The winners of the 2009 Peabody Awards include the ABC sitcom Modern Family, Fox network’s Glee, CBS’ The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and HBO’s The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency….

    March 25, 2005
    The fourth annual Sony “Dreams” project—showing what directors can do when turning loose their creative vision in shorts shot with Sony 24p HD cameras—featured the work of director Samuel Bayer of RSA, James Gartner of GARTNER, Jeffery Plansker of Supply & Demand, Jesse Dylan of Form, Alison Maclean of Park Pictures, Doug Nichol of Partizan, Hank Perlman of Hungry Man, Baker Smith of harvest, Charles Stone III of Brown Bag Films, and Stylewar (a.k.a. Filip Engstrom) of Smuggler….Bicoastal Moxie Pictures has extended its reach across the Atlantic, opening a London shop under the aegis of managing director Dawn Laren who comes over from Studio, London, where she served in the same capacity….Former ad agency creative Harry Cocciolo has embarked on a directorial career, joining production house Tool of North America for exclusive representation….Montreal-headquartered Discreet, a subsidiary of San Rafael, Calif.-based Autodesk, has been renamed Autodesk Media and Entertainment….Adam Chasnow is joining Publicis & Hal Riney, San Francisco, as sr. VP/group creative director. He comes over from Goody Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco….

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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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