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New York-based rhinofx has added 3-D digital artist Chris Moore, 2-D graphic designer Neo, and 3-D digital artist Bogdan Mihajiovic to its staff. Additionally, staffer Jill Hughes has been promoted to production manager….Janine Bottazzi has been promoted to producer at visual effects/animation studio Guava, New York. She will oversee effects and animation work for commercials, music videos and other media, and serve as a liaison between clients and Guava’s artistic staff. Guava is a sister shop to Nice Shoes, New York….Misha Stanford-Harris has joined Rushes Postproduction, London, as senior producer. He comes over from Guava where he spent the past three years. He has worked on assorted commercials (Mercedes-Benz, British Airways, Bacardi) and music videos (Fat Boy Slim, The Smashing Pumpkins). Prior to moving to New York, he worked at VTR, London….The Mill, New York, is staffing up, securing Angela Botta, formerly of Nice Shoes, as telecine producer, and Jo Arghiris, who joins the New York production team from The Mill’s London headquarters. The Mill, New York, expects to have a new Flame and two new Smoke suites operational by June. The shop’s Spirit suite was upgraded to HD last month….Editor Greg Chamberlain, formerly with Southern California’s Pistolera Post and prior to that Red Car, Santa Monica, has joined Crash & Sue’s, Minneapolis. The addition of Chamberlain marks post house Crash & Sue’s diversification into offline editing services….Denver-based creative digital studio !mpossible Pictures has promoted editor James Frazier to director of operations, and added designer/editor Heather Arment, who comes over from The Alliance, Colorado Springs….Category:News
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."
It's the latest move by regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to crack down on the... Read More
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