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Weekly mobile news round-up 12th August

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. a smartphone banking revolution, IoT growing faster than smartphones, Wechat to take over African market, Pokemon Go crosses $200m in a month and much more. Britain’s biggest banks are will be forced to offer customers a revolution…
Sam Hill
August 12, 2016
Opinions

Not even a flicker – where are all the projector phones?

Today's phones do everything: take pictures, give directions, play music. So why can't they project movies? Seven years after writing about phone projectors, Tim Green is still waiting to own one... Two years ago my family had a dream. We would build a cinema in our back garden. OK, not…
Tim Green
August 11, 2016
Guest blog

A review of robocalls and SMS spam

Big brands are not the only ones using bots, more unscrupulous parts of the industry are also using them to gain an advantage over unwary consumers. Here MEF Member and anti spam solution provider Hiya take a look at some of the more common phone bot scams… Robots are getting…
Sam Hill
August 11, 2016
Analytics

Smartphone OS shares in Europe and US: iOS fights back

Strong sales of iPhone SE have helped Apple claw back some ground on Android in the smartphone space, says new market data. But Google's platform remains the dominant force... iOS returned to growth in the US and EU5 in the second quarter of 2016, say new figures from Kantar Worldpanel…
MEF
August 10, 2016
MEF Member News round-up

MEF member news: August 8

Get the latest announcements from MEF Members across the mobile ecosystem globally in this weekly review of member news… Mobile gamers can play over 100 titles as much as they want for a recurring weekly subscription, thanks to Upstream’s new portal. GAMEDOM is an HTML5-based gaming platform, which offers all-you-can-eat…
MEF
August 8, 2016
PrivacyRegulation

Data regulation in Brazil: a beginner’s guide

Data collection is a potential minefield for businesses looking to collect or monetise user’s data. MEF Policy & Initiatives Advisor Simon Bates shares the key take-aways from the latest edition of our regional guides for businesses and the regulatory issues around data collection, this time looking at Brazil. Once again…
Sam Hill
August 5, 2016
News Roundup

Weekly mobile news round-up 5th August

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. the mobile comms challenge facing Rio Olympics, Google says APAC is new global epicentre of digital media, can Pokemon Go save mobile health? and much more. Have you ever been to a major event — a big…
Sam Hill
August 5, 2016
Privacy

Building trust in the mobile platform

Consumer trust and engagement is an imperative for a healthy mobile ecosystem. Anurag Lal, CEO of MEF Member Infinite Convergence, explains how self-regulation and technology innovation can protect the mobile industry’s value proposition. In the newly released Jason Bourne movie, a hot technology company called Deep Dream, a fictionalized Facebook,…
Sam Hill
August 4, 2016
Opinions

I’m overseas – and I’m totally roaming my face off

Data roaming is one of the last remnants of the ‘old’ mobile order – of a time before VoIP and OTT services. Now, prices are falling. But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing for the world’s operators, says Tim Green (on a ‘free’ tariff overseas) … This week…
Tim Green
August 4, 2016
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