Two new creative teams have been appointed at TBWAChiatDay LA. Marco Monteiro and Ana Carolina Reis join from AlmapBBDO in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The other new duo at TBWAChiatDay consists of Guy Helm and Chris Rodriguez. Helm comes over from Mistress while Rodriguez joins from FCB LA. All four new hires come aboard as creative directors.
The appointments follow the promotion of Stephen Butler to TBWAChiatDay LA’s chief creative officer, with Fabio Costa and Brent Anderson as executive creative directors.
At AlmapBBDO, Monteiro and Reis worked together for over two years on brands including Volkswagen, Visa, PepsiCo, Bayer and Pedigree. The duo has a host of awards next to their names, including most recently a Gold and two Silver Lions from Cannes 2013. Prior to AlmapBBDO, Monteiro worked for Saatchi & Saatchi and Reis at Fallon.
Helm had been the lead creative at Mistress, working with brands including Hot Wheels, Disney, KIND Snacks, Jagermeister and Playboy. Rodriguez, famed for Allstate’s “Mayhem” in addition to work for brands including Kraft, Hallmark, Bounty and Nike, joins from FCB LA where he was sr. art director.
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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