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    UNIT9 hires Media Ridha as head of digital

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    LOS ANGELES --

    UNIT9 has brought Media Ridha on board as head of digital, a newly created role at the production company which is strengthening its influence in the North American market.

    Formerly an executive producer at Media.Monks, Google and Jam3, Ridha adds further Web3 and metaverse knowledge to UNIT9’s arsenal one year after the company launched its dedicated Metaverse Advisory Department (M.A.D).

    She joins a global team that has been designing and developing cutting-edge digital experiences for the past 26 years–from a mind-ordering pizza app for Domino’s, to deep faking Lionel Messi, and pitting John McEnroe against AI digital avatars from his past. 

    Working as a conduit between UNIT9’s North America and EMEA teams, Ridha will team closely with UNIT9 U.S. founder Michelle Craig, U.S. director of production Mindy Lubert, and EMEA managing director Rosh Singh. Ridha’s focus will be on expanding the creative services offering within the North American market, leading on digital and tech-led projects.

    Ridha said, “What drew me to UNIT9 was the chance to contribute to a team with a dedicated ambition towards innovation and creativity, and to unearth new opportunities in a company with a proven track record in emerging tech projects and experience design. It was an easy and in some ways serendipitous decision; as our relationship with technology and culture continues to evolve so rapidly, UNIT9’s maker mindset is perfectly set up to identify, explore and deliver on this new set of expectations and desires.“

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    Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance

    Saturday, November 23, 2024

    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

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