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    Los Angeles-based Zoic Studios has added Leighton Greer as senior producer of commercials, and John Shirley as senior compositor. Prior to joining Zoic Studios, Greer was a producer at L.A.-based Entity FX where she worked on the feature Hitch. Earlier, she worked at Santa Monica-based A52, producing effects for such high-end spots as Nike “Before” and “Move” for Portland, Ore.-based Wieden & Kennedy. John Shirley comes from Das Werk, Frankfurt, and most recently Encore Hollywood….Digital post house Match Frame, Austin, Texas, has hired Jessica Coats Berry as senior producer. She brings an agency pedigree to Match Frame, having served as a senior producer at GSD&M, Austin, where she worked on jobs for such clients as Southwest Airlines, the U.S. Air Force, CBS Sports, Fannie Mae and Pennzoil. Prior to GSD&M, Berry ws a producer at The Richards Group, Dallas. Earlier she was a senior producer at Mullen in Wenham, Mass….Editor Mike Douglas has joined the roster of Cut+Run, New York. He was last editing as a freelancer via Mad River Post, New York, cutting comedy campaigns for Capital One, Bud Light and Arby’s. Prior to that he was with Chickonkey, New York. He first established himself as a full-fledged editor at Mackenzie Cutler, New York. Cut+Run also maintains operations in Los Angeles and London….Homestead Editorial, New York, has generated industry buzz with its first feature, made through its independent film production company, aWounded Knee. Titled Noise, the feature played successfully on the festival circuit and has been acquired by ThinkFilm for distribution….

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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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