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Understanding data protection: becoming a mobile privacy pro

With a broad raft of evolving legal requirements to meet, implementing practical steps for the handling of consumer's personal data can seem a daunting prospect. Here, Emily Hancock, VP of Legal at MEF Member Evernote lays out an invaluable roadmap for how to tackle this business critical issue, and see…
Sam Hill
August 30, 2016
MEF Member News round-up

MEF member news: August 30

This week's announcements from MEF Members include the launch of a new SMS dashboard for enterprises by OpenMarket and a renewed push into the Asia mobile ad space by Telenor Digital. Enterprises that use SMS for customer comms now have a drastically improved tool for managing their campaigns. OpenMarket has…
MEF
August 30, 2016
News Roundup

Weekly mobile news round-up 26th August

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Over 50 million watched the Olympics on Snapchat, Pokemon Go boosting other apps’ revenue, Samsung processes 100 million mobile payments and much more. Almost 50m people watched Olympics coverage on Snapchat over the course of the Rio…
Sam Hill
August 26, 2016
MusicOpinions

Your phone is the new piano, but a bit smaller

Mobile 'won' music. Only oldies use 'hi-fis' to listen to their favourites songs now. But mobile companies didn't win. Tim Green ponders what happened to Sony Ericsson PlayNow and the rest... Do you know when today’s music industry began? You might guess it was when the first sheet music was…
Tim Green
August 25, 2016
Meffys

Meffys 2015 winners 12 months on: F-Secure

With the 13th annual Meffys opening for entries on September 1st, we are taking a look at some of last year’s winners to find out what the accolade meant to them and what they’ve been up to since they celebrated their win. This week, we speak to F-Secure and Executive…
Sam Hill
August 25, 2016
Country Focus

Essential mobile snapshot: Myanmar

Investment is now pouring into new democracy Myanmar. Here's a snapshot of what has been described as the world's first mobile-only country... When President Thein Sein of Myanmar conceded the 2015 general election to Ms Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy, he did it with a post on Facebook.
MEF
August 24, 2016
MEF Member News round-up

MEF member news: August 22

Here are the latest announcements from MEF members across the mobile ecosystem. This week's posts include Bitbit's content deal with FC Barcelona, Wirecard's newest fiscal results, Boku's carrier billing deal with Bite and more. Mexico’s mobile VAS specialist Binbit has snapped up exclusive distribution of mobile content for F.C. Barcelona…
MEF
August 22, 2016
Meffys

Meffys 2015 winners 12 months on: Viacom International

Submissions for the 2016 Meffys are opening for entries soon, so we are taking a look at some of last year’s winners to find out what the prestigious industry award meant to them and what they’ve been up to in the 12 months since they celebrated their win. Here we…
Sam Hill
August 18, 2016
5 minutes with

5 minutes with… Turk Telekom International

In our 5 minutes with profiles, MEF members talk about their business, their aspirations for the future and the wider mobile industry. This week, CSO Stuart Evers introduces Turk Telekom. Our company’s strap-line is “Bridging Continents” which I believe is a pretty good summary of what we do, both figuratively…
Sam Hill
August 17, 2016
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