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What’s in store for the mobile ecosystem in 2018?

It has been another eventful year in mobile, with innovations in smartphone and associated technologies continuing apace, from the explosion in AI chatbots and the rapid proliferation of smart, connected home devices to the continued digital transformation of the fintech sector. MEF Members did a pretty good job of spotting…

MEFJanuary 4, 2018

m-commerce Tech Focus

Ad blocker insights – the base, the growth and the reasons why

Debate rages about the pros and cons of ad blocking. But it is certainly on the rise. According to a new report, 615 million devices now block ads – and more than half of them are mobile handsets. Here’s a re-cap of the arguments and the numbers… Panel sessions at…

MEFFebruary 14, 2017

Internet of Things Music Tech Focus

Listen up: your essential guide to smart speakers

The battle for your kitchen is hotting up. CES was packed with smart speakers – without doubt the tech industry's most dynamic sector. Here's a round-up of the big new launches...

Tim GreenJanuary 12, 2017

Mobile video Tech Focus

After Vine what’s next for mobile video?

So it’s RIP Vine and thanks for some enjoyable six second moments. Twitter’s short-form video app couldn’t compete with Facebook Live, SnapChat Stories et al. But there will be plenty more twists and turns before mobile video is ‘done’… In March 2015, the tech press was gleefully reporting a war.…

MEFNovember 3, 2016

Music Tech Focus

Pixel: why the future of search made Google a mobile phone maker

For nearly a decade Google stayed out of the hardware market. But now a new range of devices branded with a 'G' puts the tech giant in direct competition with Apple. Why now? It's all to do with the uncertain future of search... For the last ten years, there’s been…

MEFOctober 5, 2016

Mobile Content Tech Focus

Why is SnapChat making sunglasses? Here’s your Spectacles crib sheet

Will you wear glasses that record videos? SnapChat hopes so. The messaging company (now called Snap) has just unveiled Spectacles. Here’s everything you need to know about them in 10 points. Snapchat is dead. Don’t get the wrong impression. It’s in extraordinary good health. It’s just the company name Snapchat…

Tim GreenSeptember 29, 2016

Music Tech Focus wearables

iPhone 7: the facts, the context, the controversies

With the launch of the iPhone 7, can Apple save itself from crisis? After all, this is a company that announced its first quarterly sales decline in 13 years earlier this year - to a miserly $50.6bn. Here's a analysis of the new devices and the issues facing the world's…

Tim GreenSeptember 8, 2016

Tech Focus

Automotive focus: Can your car be your mobile wallet?

If automobiles are becoming a little like smartphones on wheels, why shouldn’t they make payments too? At CES in 2015, Mark Fields, CEO of Ford, stood up and said: “We’re thinking of ourselves as a mobility company and not only a car and truck company. We want to be viewed…

MEFFebruary 3, 2016

Tech Focus

Here are the eight factors shaping the future of the tablet business

Six years ago today, Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad. But now the tablet market is at a crossroads. MEF Minute looks back and explores what’s next... In the weeks running up to Apple’s January 2010 press event, the rumour mill had been in overdrive. Consequently tech watchers knew a tablet…

Tim BanksJanuary 27, 2016

MEF Asia Tech Focus

Indonesia: The world home of BBM

Indonesians, in common with other Asia Pac mobile users, really love chat apps. Indeed, an InMobi report from 2014 revealed that 97 per cent of mobile users in Indonesia access messaging apps multiple times a day. Surprisingly, perhaps, BlackBerry’s BBM remains their number one choice.

Tim BanksJanuary 20, 2016

Ad blocker insights – the base, the growth and the reasons why

Listen up: your essential guide to smart speakers

After Vine what’s next for mobile video?

Pixel: why the future of search made Google a mobile phone maker

Why is SnapChat making sunglasses? Here’s your Spectacles crib sheet

iPhone 7: the facts, the context, the controversies

Automotive focus: Can your car be your mobile wallet?

Here are the eight factors shaping the future of the tablet business

Indonesia: The world home of BBM

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