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11 Facts That Demonstrate The Global Impact and Growth of Mobile Meffys

11 Facts That Demonstrate The Global Impact and Growth of Mobile

Don’t panic! the deadline for entering the 11th annual Meffys has been extended to 8th August. To celebrate here’s 11 essential mobile facts from across the mobile landscape representing some of the categories that will be awarded in Silicon Valley later this year. Categories include Mobile Money, Entertainment & Life Tool…
Tim Banks
July 24, 2014
iPhone Users Focus on Health, Android Users Prefer Fitness Guest blogMEF DataMeffys

iPhone Users Focus on Health, Android Users Prefer Fitness

Opera Mediaworks recently conducted research to discover if distinct patterns exist among the growing mobile health and fitness audience in terms of device used and activity across apps by looking at mobile ad-impressions.  There are significant differences across devices and countries. Here, Opera Mediaworks MD, Mark Slade breaks out some of the headline…
Tim Banks
June 26, 2014
Industry Views: Amazon Fire – a shop with a smartphone or a smartphone with a shop? Interviews

Industry Views: Amazon Fire – a shop with a smartphone or a smartphone with a shop?

Image: amazon.com Last week Amazon launched its first smartphone - the Amazon Fire. What's interesting is how the company has bundled free Amazon Prime as part of the phone package, signalling its intent to take more ownership of the m-commerce and streaming media space by guaranteeing free and speedy fulfillment…
Tim Banks
June 25, 2014
The 11th Annual Meffys Is Open! Meffys

The 11th Annual Meffys Is Open!

It’s that time of year again, the official launch of the 11th annual Meffys – MEF’s global awards for mobile content and commerce.  Last year saw entries from over 25 countries from across the mobile ecosystem. The final will again take place on the world technology and investment stage in San…
Tim Banks
June 11, 2014
Mobile Shopping 2014: the rise of the omni-consumer [infographic] MEF Data

Mobile Shopping 2014: the rise of the omni-consumer [infographic]

Tablet shoppers are most active from 9:00 PM until midnight with 40 per cent of tablet owners making purchases as they wind down from work.  That's according to the latest analysis from the affiliate marketing network, Tradedoubler  in its report, Mobile Shopping Research (the rise of the omniconsumer). And it seems consumers are…
Tim Banks
May 8, 2014
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