Director Eivind “Salmon” Holmboe has joined @radical.media for representation worldwide except for the U.K. where he continues to be handled by Crossroads Films. He started his career as an advertising creative, working for agencies including David&Goliath, Deutsch, and Leo Burnett, and garnering awards from the Cannes Lions, Clios, and Eurobest shows. Since 2004, Salmon has worked full time as a director, and has shot for clients such as Audi, VW, Coke, Pepsi, PlayStation, Mercedes, Vodafone, Sky TV, and Skoda. In 2007, he shot a critically acclaimed short film, Diente por Ojo, which had a successful run on the film festival circuit…..Leila Bartlam has joined the London office of Cut+Run as managing director after a tenure as head of TV at creative agency Adam & Eve. Among other accolades, the agency earned 'Ad of the Year' at British Arrows and Gold of Golds at Creative Circle for its John Lewis' “The Long Wait.” It was at Adam & Eve, where she helped establish creative partnerships with other companies including collaborating with Cut+Run. She had been head of TV at the agency since 2009…Executive producer Jessica Berry has joined Dallas-based Lucky Post….
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