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MEF member news: July 18

Get the latest announcements from MEF Members across the mobile ecosystem globally in this weekly review of member news… Millions of MasterCard card holders can now tap to pay in store direct from the phones. Masterpass was previously available as a digital wallet for online purchases, but now the card…
MEF
July 18, 2016
News Roundup

Weekly mobile news round-up 15th July

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Google plans to train mobile app developers in India, Japan's Line aims to raise £1 billion in IPO, the iOS App Store exceeds $71 billion, and much more. Google has unveiled a slew of initiatives to educate…
MEF
July 15, 2016
Stats Roundup

Stats special: global messaging apps – part 1

Messenger apps are changing the way the world communicates - and re-shaping the mobile market in the process. As part of MEF's Future of Messaging programme, here is part one of an essential guide to 'OTT apps'... ‘OTT’ messenger apps emerged in a sudden burst at the start of the…
MEF
July 14, 2016
Opinions

Pokémon Go: how Nintendo ignored then won mobile gaming

Nintendo is a stubborn company. For years it said a big ‘no’ to mobile games. But when it finally relented. its game sent millions of people into a frenzy. Tim Green reflects the obstinacy that gave rise to Pokémon Go... By now, you’ll know all about Pokémon Go. Unless you’re…
Tim Green
July 14, 2016
MEF LatAm

The WhatsApp nation

Rafael Pellon, MEF LatAm Board Member and partner at Focaccia, Amaral, Salvia, Pellon & Lamonica, here explores the ongoing issues surrounding the repeated blocking of hugely popular Whatsapp across Brazil, and the knock on effects this has had across the region and the mobile app ecosystem. Almost a month since…
Sam Hill
July 13, 2016
MEF Member News round-up

MEF member news round-up: July 11

Get the latest announcements from MEF Members across the mobile ecosystem globally in this weekly review of member news… Bouyant business in Europe and the Americas helped IMImobile to positive revenue and profit in the year to March 2016. The company’s revenue rose 26 per cent to £61.6m, while gross…
Sam Hill
July 11, 2016
News Roundup

Weekly mobile news round-up 8th July

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. 11k bots now on Facebook, Chinese smart phone brands are dying out, Cape Town introduce fines by SMS... and much more. More than 11,000 “chatbots” are built atop Facebook Messenger, and over 23,000 developers have signed up…
Sam Hill
July 8, 2016
Interviews

Spotlight on DOCOMO Digital

DOCOMO Digital is a different kind of mobile commerce provider: operator-owned and Japanese. But it believes this unique background gives it a unique advantage. The firm's CEO Hiroyuki Sato explained why to MEF Minute... Long serving MEF members will remember well the companies that essentially kickstarted the mobile content and…
Tim Green
July 6, 2016
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