Michael Derek Keeshan, who worked on such accounts as General Mills, Delta Airlines and Burger King during a successful career tenure at Saatchi & Saatchi before launching consultancy firm MagiKbox, died of a sudden heart attack at his home in Old Greenwich on January 18. He was 60.
Keeshan spent more than 35 years in advertising and marketing. He became one of the youngest presidents and COOs of Saatchi & Saatchi New York, and went on to serve as chief strategic officer for Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide. More recently he was a private marketing consultant focused on idea-driven creative communication via his MagiKbox, which sported a roster of 20-plus clients, with projects for such notables as Vonage and business units of Johnson & Johnson.
The son of TV legend Bob Keeshan (a.k.a. “Captain Kangaroo” of CBS morning fame), Michael Derek Keeshan graduated from Dartmouth College in 1973 and then earned his MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.
Keeshan is survived by his wife of 37 years, Lynn, and two sons, Britton and Connor. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to a fund in Michael Derek Keeshan’s name at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.
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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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