Deutsch New York has hired Menno Kluin as executive creative director and head of art & design. He reports to CCO Kerry Keenan. Kluin will lead creative on the global Acuvue account as well as a recent win soon to be announced. Kluin joins from DDB NY, where he has served as the exec creative director, head of art and global creative director on the Reebok account since 2011. He also worked on the NY Lottery’s “Yeah, that kind of rich” campaign and WaterIsLife’s “Hashtag Killer” business. Prior to DDB, Menno was at Y&R where he worked on brands including Dell, Virgin Atlantic, Colgate and Land Rover. His first job was with Saatchi NY, where he won eight Cannes Lions in his first two years working on brands including JC Penney and P&G. Kluin currently serves as chair of the ADC Young Guns and has been the recipient of awards, including Cannes Lions, Clios, International ANDY Awards and The One Show….Johannes Leonardo, NY, has appointed Matt Edwards as art director. Edwards will work across all agency clients including Google and Coca-Cola, and will report to exec creative directors Tom Martin and Julian Schreiber. This addition comes on the heels of Johannes Leonardo’s recent appointment of Michael Duda to CEO and the hire of Australian duo Martin and Schreiber. Edwards joins Johannes Leonardo from Y&R Prague, where he served as creative director working on clients such as Harley Davidson and Zatec beer. During his time at Y&R Prague, Edwards helped the agency win its first Cannes Lion in more than 18 years. Prior to that, he served as art director at both MetropolitanRepublic and Matchboxlogy, agencies based in Johannesburg. Edwards was previously head of design at Cape Town-based media company one small seed, and head of art at Atoll Media, based in Durban, South Africa. Edwards has been recognized for his creative work, receiving honors from Cannes, the Clios, The One Club and ADC Young Guns, among others….
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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