Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam has brought several key players into the creative fold: Rosie Bardales from BBH London as creative director; the creative team of Selena McKenzie and Tobie Moore from Fallon London; the team of Mike Bond and Bern Hunter whose prior stops included TBWA Paris, Publicis and Mother in New York, and AMV BBDO London; and the team of Dan Maxwell and Ivan Cash who join from Venables Bell & Partners, San Francisco.
Bardales’ credits include a Cannes Grand Prix for Fox Sports (Cliff Freeman & Partners) and the resurrection of the infamous Al & Monkey for PG Tips.
McKenzie and Moore have turned out work for the likes of Tate, BBC and French Connection. Prior to Fallon, the pair was at Publicis Mojo Melbourne where they worked on Nike.
Bond and Hunter created lauded work for Guinness and the U.K. Department of Transport at AMV BBDO London.
And Maxwell and Cash earlier teamed with Goodby art director Andy Dao to create the website Deprofiler.com which brought to light unjust legislation targeting immigrants.
Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam clients include Coca-Cola, Levi’s, Heineken, Electronic Arts, Nokia and ESPN.
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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