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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

mhealth wearables

mhealth focus – Google and Apple strategies

Can Apple and Google make an impact on healthcare? The two mobile big-hitters have already trained their sights beyond the core phone-based functions of voice, messaging and maps to explore new areas like payments, smart home and automotive. Health is a logical next step for them. And there’s one crucial…

Tim BanksJanuary 6, 2016

10 things Meffys mhealth wearables

14 stats that show why consumer trust and wearables go hand-in-hand

The wearables ecosystem continues to grow rapidly with all manner of connected devices from fitness trackers in trainers and connected eyewear and is of course buoyed by the recent launches of smartwatches from the likes of Apple and Samsung. What remains consistent is the inevitability of connected devices’ need to…

Tim BanksJuly 27, 2015

10 things mhealth Mobile Payments wearables

16 reasons why FinTech, health and education are key drivers of innovation in mobile

Now in their 12th year, MEF’s annual awards, the Meffys is an industry benchmark for the evolution of our ecosystem. In 2005 the first dedicated Innovation Award was introduced to the Meffys and marked "an industry coming of age" according to the ceremony host, UK newsreader Krishnan Guru-Murthy. Fast-forward 10…

Tim BanksJuly 22, 2015

10 things mhealth wearables

16 stats that show how mHealth is taking shape globally

MEF’s recently published mHealth and Wearables Report 2015 which revealed the usage trends and attitudes of 15,000 mobile consumers in 15 countries indicated that the adoption of health and fitness apps globally has grown year on year by more than a third, from 11 to 15 per cent. Similarly, the use…

Tim BanksMay 1, 2015

wearables

73 per cent of consumers want wearables despite low product knowledge

With wearables touted as a major trend for 2015, experiential agency Fizz, has conducted consumer research looking at people’s appetite for the technology in the UK. Britons are willing to spend £111 on a wearables, with online research proving to be the most common way people learn about the products…

Tim BanksMarch 27, 2015

Guest blog wearables

‘Wearables’ Need To Be ‘Invisibles’ – Divorcing Tech From Fashion

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is featuring a lot of "wearables" reports Techcrunch (which all seem to be smart watches). Here, former Financial Times journalist and publisher of influential technology blog, Silicon Valley Watcher, Tom Foremski gives us his take on the direction of this nascent market. (This…

Tim BanksJanuary 13, 2015

iPhone 7: the facts, the context, the controversies

mhealth focus – Google and Apple strategies

14 stats that show why consumer trust and wearables go hand-in-hand

16 reasons why FinTech, health and education are key drivers of innovation in mobile

16 stats that show how mHealth is taking shape globally

73 per cent of consumers want wearables despite low product knowledge

‘Wearables’ Need To Be ‘Invisibles’ – Divorcing Tech From Fashion

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wearables

iPhone 7: the facts, the context, the controversies

mhealth focus – Google and Apple strategies

14 stats that show why consumer trust and wearables go hand-in-hand

16 reasons why FinTech, health and education are key drivers of innovation in mobile

16 stats that show how mHealth is taking shape globally

73 per cent of consumers want wearables despite low product knowledge

‘Wearables’ Need To Be ‘Invisibles’ – Divorcing Tech From Fashion

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