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News Roundup

Weekly mobile news round-up: 24 June

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Facebook hits 100m hours of video a day, half of China is online, banks concerns over mobile security of PIN, Apple & Samsung wary over 2016 smartphone earnings and much more. Instagram has announced that it has…
Sam Hill
June 24, 2016
Africa

Calling all African startups: four tips for partnering with a telco

Creating a rewarding relationship with telcos can be challenging for mobile tech startups, especially in fast moving African markets. Here Adia Sowho, Director of Digital Business for Etisalat Nigeria shares some essential tips for forging a lasting, mutually beneficial partnership. It is common knowledge that revenue pressure from OTTs (Over-The-Top)…
Sam Hill
June 21, 2016
MEF Member News round-up

MEF member news round-up: June 20

Get the latest announcements from MEF Members across the mobile ecosystem globally in this weekly review of member news… Earlier this year, Alipay announced its intent to let millions of Chinese tourists pay with its wallet in Europe. Now, it’s happening - with help from Wirecard. The European payments processor…
Sam Hill
June 20, 2016
MEFTVMobile Advertising

Mobile advertising in China is closing in on America

Rangar Kruse, CEO of Smaato shares insights into the state of mobile advertising in China, and reveals that China may soon overtake the US as the highest spending advertising market. We caught up with Ragnar at GMIC Beijing. According to the Smaato Global Trends Report, the United States consistently takes…
Sam Hill
June 17, 2016
News Roundup

Weekly mobile news round-up: June 17th

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Microsoft buys LinkedIn for $26bn, Asian brands dominate wolrd smartphone sales, all the news from the Apple Developer conference, and much more… Microsoft is buying the professional networking website LinkedIn for just over $26bn (£18bn) in cash.…
Sam Hill
June 17, 2016
Privacy

Standing up for strong mobile encryption – Mozilla Foundation

Mark Surman from Mozilla Foundation shares thoughts on why mobile encryption isn’t a luxury but a necessity, and an essential cornerstone of a healthy internet. Today, the Internet is one of our most important global public resources. It’s open, free and essential to our daily lives. It’s where we chat,…
Sam Hill
June 14, 2016
Stats Roundup

Mobile market stats round-up: June 13

What is dark sharing – and why is it a problem? When will ‘detatchables’ dominate the tablet space? How soon till brands spend more on digital ads than TV ? You’ll find the answers to these and many more mobile data related questions in this week’s MEF market stats round…
Sam Hill
June 13, 2016
News Roundup

Weekly mobile news round-up: 10 June

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Apple puts ads in the App Store, China hits big with proximity payments, smartphones dip to single digit growth and much more.
Sam Hill
June 10, 2016
Guest blog

Online security: authenticating a billion users?

Matija Razem, VP of Business Development at Infobip examines the increasingly complex security risks for our online activities, and the benefits of 2 factor authentication for mobile. We also caught up with Matija in person at GMIC Beijing. The mobile and online revolution dramatically and irreversibly changed the way we…
Sam Hill
June 9, 2016
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