On March 21 with the spring season just underway, family, friends and colleagues of industry vet Michael J. “Mike” Morrissey will celebrate his life–some 10 months after his passing–during a reception in New York City.
Morrissey last worked for the School of Visual Arts Theater in N.Y. as its technical director but is best known as co-founder (with David Satin) of SMA Realtime, Inc., a New York-based production/post facility which was a spawning ground for talent, technical innovation and high-profile projects spanning multiple disciplines.
After SMA Realtime, Morrissey founded and ran Virtual Productions LLC which provided production and post services for TV, commercials, movies and Internet clientele.
The celebration of Morrissey’s life, with remembrances and reminiscing, is scheduled for 6:30 pm on March 21 (Morrison’s birthday; he would have been 55 this year). For further info, contact Julie@STATScustom.com. RSVP deadline is March 19 at 5 pm.
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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