We open on a guy whose crooked looking face is pressed against the glass as he peers into what appears to be a library to get a glimpse of his girlfriend who’s studying. He’s holding a Twix bar and motions her to come out and take a break.
It turns out the gent’s face is crooked even when not in proximity to glass or any other object. Still, the gal doesn’t seem to mind and the two take a prolonged break, going dress shopping, seeing a movie, enjoying a karaoke bar, even cavorting on the beach. At the latter venue, they both take final bites out of the Twix and are left with an empty wrapper.
At that moment, the guy has to depart. Soon we see him taking his shirt off as he walks into a boxing arena before a capacity crowd. Everybody is motionless, including his boxing opponent, until our man steps in the ring and positions his face alongside the boxing glove of his combatant. Suddenly the action resumes and the guy gets cracked across the face, causing the momentary crooked appearance. The gent’s face snaps back to normal and we realize that this has indeed been quite a frozen moment as a super appears which reads, “Invent a Pause. Open a Twix.”
Bryan Buckley of Hungry Man directed “Crooked Face” for AlmapBBDO, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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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