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Global Mobile News Round-up, May 1st

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Worldwide smartphone sales showed ‘biggest decline ever’, average mobile data usage jumps 11GB per month in lockdown, Apple and Google collaborate on contact tracing apps, but privacy questions remain… and much more…

MEFMay 1, 2020

5 minutes with Content & Advertising Interviews

5 minutes with… Reality Gaming Group

In our 5 minutes with profiles, MEF members talk about their business, their aspirations for the future and the wider mobile industry. This week, Co-Founder Tony Pearce introduces Reality Gaming Group. We develop mass market games that utilize digital collectibles (NFT’s) and blockchain technology. Reality Gaming Group had developed two…

MEFApril 30, 2020

Messaging Channels Opinion

A new WhatsApp business model? Facebook bets big on Indian e-commerce

Facebook acquired 10% shares in Jio Platforms (the e-commerce and digital service arm of India’s Reliance) for $5.7 billion. The deal will have to be approved by competition regulators The collaboration between WhatsApp and e-commerce platform JioMart shows great potential – creating an Indian equivalent of WeChat, a combination of…

MEFApril 29, 2020

Messaging Channels

Scammers seek financial help during Covid-19 pandemic

In this guest post, Stuart McBride, Head of Threat Intelligence at AdaptiveMobile Security shares their assessment of the recent rash of Covid-19-themed SMS spam campaigns, and offer practical steps for how consumers can spot such scams.

MEFApril 28, 2020

Interviews

mGage Interview: a Mobile Messaging State of Mind

MEFTV speaks to mGage’s VP Europe, Nick Millward out in Barcelona about the new consumer report Mobile Messaging State of Mind that mGage commissioned in December 2019 by Arlington Research with a nationally representative sample of 2,000 smartphone owners in the UK.

MEFApril 27, 2020

MEF Member News round-up

MEF Member News Round-up, April 27th

Get the latest announcements from MEF Members across the mobile ecosystem globally in this weekly review of member news… Digital identity management solutions provider ForgeRock today announced that it raised $93.5 million in equity financing. CEO Fran Rosch says the fresh capital will enable the company to invest in R&D,…

MEFApril 27, 2020

Mobile Evolution Payments & Commerce Podcasts

Blockchain Podcast: should telcos use CryptoCurrency?

In Episode 5 Daniele and Dario chat about the first and foremost use of blockchain: cryptocurrency. What is happening to BitCoin, Ethereum and the rest? Should the world of telecoms take this seriously as a digital payment mechanism from their customers?

MEFApril 24, 2020

News Roundup

Global Mobile News Round-up, April 24th

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Coronavirus: Banks and mobile firms collaborate to block text scams, contact tracing app plans raise privacy concerns, HTC looks to set trend with the crypto mining function on new phone and much more… The banking and mobile…

MEFApril 24, 2020

ID & Data MEF Webinars & Workshops

Webinar: Covid-19, Personal Data and Privacy

Governments are developing a great demand for technology to effectively track the coronavirus and counter its spread. Meanwhile, the mobile industry is quickly rolling out new apps and solutions - Data management, authentication and data services have become paramount in the struggle against COVID-19.

MEFApril 23, 2020