A larger than life hawk, at first unseen, strikes fear into a village, having swooped down and carried away a family’s daughter. We only hear about that tall tale but soon we see another act of hawkish pillaging when a cask of Jameson Irish Whiskey is whisked away.
Finally John Jameson strikes back, setting a clever trap, leaving an oversized cask unattended outside. Sure enough, we see two huge talons come into screen and abscond with the cask, which in fact is a Trojan horse of sorts as our hero, Mr. Jameson, later emerges from the cask to find himself in an enormous bird’s next. There he reclaims the original stolen cask and is pleasantly surprised to see a lovely lass–the earlier alluded to kidnapped daughter.
However, a giant shadow envelops him as their winged adversary returns to the nest. Fast forward to a happy ending–the man, woman and cask are back in a celebratory village, which is about to feast on a giant roasted bird.
“Hawk of Achill” is the latest in Jameson tall tales directed by Noam Murro of Biscuit Filmworks for TBWAChiatDay, New York. Framestore was the visual effects house.
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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