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    What3Words, London, Wins Innovation Grand Prix At Cannes

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    Innovation Lions Jury president Nick Law, global chief creative officer of R/GA.

    No Grand Prix for Creative Data Lions

    CANNES, France --

    From 226 entries this year, eight Innovation Lions were awarded today at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, including the Grand Prix to What3Words, London for “3 Words to Address the World,” which replaces traditional addresses with a unique three-word combination based on geographical co-ordinates for each 3m x 3m square of the planet.

    The system has particular applications in the developing world and was cited by Innovation Lions Jury president Nick Law, global chief creative officer of R/GA, as an example of systematic, Silicon Valley thinking–relevant, he said, because, “As a jury, we were very concerned about problems to be solved.”

    Meanwhile the Creative Data Lions received 609 entries from which 28 Lions were awarded, though not a Grand Prix.

    Creative Data Lions Jury president David Sable, global CEO of Y&R, described the role of the jury as “creating a bar which will be raised again next year, and the year after,” and that there was such strong diversity in the first year’s entries, it had made identifying an overall winner challenging. “We feel that every Lion we awarded was tight, clear, representative of its sub-category, but we felt that it was inappropriate at this stage to choose one to represent the totality.”

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    A Closer Look At Proposed Measures Designed To Curb Google’s Search Monopoly

    Thursday, November 21, 2024

    U.S. regulators are proposing aggressive measures to restore competition to the online search market after a federal judge ruled Google maintained an illegal monopoly for the last decade.

    The sweeping set of recommendations filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice could radically alter Google's business, including possibly spinning off the Chrome web browser and syndicating its search data to competitors. Even if the courts adopt the blueprint, Google isn't likely to make any significant changes until 2026 at the earliest, because of the legal system's slow-moving wheels.

    Here's what it all means:

    What is the Justice Department's goal?
    Federal prosecutors are cracking down on Google in a case originally filed during near the end of then-President Donald Trump's first term. Officials say the main goal of these proposals is to get Google to stop leveraging its dominant search engine to illegally squelch competition and stifle innovation.

    "The playing field is not level because of Google's conduct, and Google's quality reflects the ill-gotten gains of an advantage illegally acquired," the Justice Department asserted in its recommendations. "The remedy must close this gap and deprive Google of these advantages."

    Not surprisingly, Google sees things much differently. The Justice Department's "wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision," Kent Walker, Google's chief legal officer, asserted in a blog post. "It would break a range of Google products — even beyond search — that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives."

    It's still possible that the Justice Department could ease off on its attempts to break up Google, especially if President-elect Donald Trump... Read More

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