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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…
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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
OpinionsPrivacyVAS

Industry views: Pokemon Go and the privacy of user data

Pokemon Go has been a phenomenal success. Almost overnight the game has captured more active users than Twitter. At the same time the game makers, Niantic, are increasingly coming under fire around privacy concerns re the user data that the game is hoarding - including location. Niantic's privacy policy notes…
Sam Hill
August 3, 2016
MEF Member News round-up

MEF Member news: August 1

Get the latest announcements from MEF Members across the mobile ecosystem globally in this weekly review of member news… A new version of Firefox browser for iOS will cut processor use by 40 per cent and memory use by 30 per cent, says Mozilla. That’s so power-efficient, it help an…
Sam Hill
August 1, 2016
Guest blog

How Millennials are shaking up retail commerce

There is a revolution happening in retail, driven by the new expectations and habits of a uniquely tech-savvy generation. Founder and CEO of MEF Member InMobi, Naveen Tewari, explains how retailers can (and must) ready their business for the rise of the millennials. Millennials are becoming retailers’ largest demographic in…
Sam Hill
July 29, 2016
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