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News Roundup

Global mobile news round-up: 13 November

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Amazon launched a "Pay with Amazon" feature for mobile apps, Facebook reported an increase in government requests for data, Snapchat tripled its video views since May, plus much more.
Sam Hill
November 13, 2015
Mobile PaymentsOpinionsRegulation

PSD2: an overview

You know PSD2 is important, but somehow you haven’t got round to reading the full legal document. Neither has Tim Green. But he has read enough to present this bluffer’s guide… I’ve been thinking for a while that I should write an idiot’s guide to the PSD2. It’s such an…
Tim Banks
November 12, 2015
Tech Focus

The future focus for smartphone cameras

In the race to make our selfies look even better, phone makers are working hard on new camera technologies. MEF Minute looks at the coming innovations in mobile photography… Remember your first camera phone? It wasn’t that long ago. The first mobile to feature a built-in camera was the Samsung…
Sam Hill
November 11, 2015
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Infographic: Mobile workspaces in higher education

The rapid evolution of technology is changing the way we learn, work and educate. Students want the freedom to learn and study using the latest software or applications on any device, in the location where they feel most productive and inspired. Having a powerful mobile workspace has become a crucial…
Tim Banks
November 10, 2015
Stats Roundup

Mobile market stats roundup: 9 November

How successful is Apple Pay to date? Is Snapchat turning in to a video platform? What are the latest forecasts for mobile games in India? You’ll find the answers to these and many more mobile data related questions in this week’s MEF market stats round up…
Sam Hill
November 9, 2015
Africa

Designing for emerging markets, the challenges businesses face in Africa

  Understanding how the mobile ecosystem works in developing regions like Africa is essential to launching sustainable content and services and not simply a matter of reproducing apps that have done well in more developed markets.  Even within Africa itself, a granular understanding, from country to country is required to achieve…
Tim Banks
November 9, 2015
News Roundup

Global Mobile News Roundup 06 November

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week... acquisitions among gaming's biggest players, phone news from Apple and Google, and new consumer privacy issues in the UK.
MEF
November 6, 2015
MEF LatAm

MEF Connects Futurecom in pictures

Last week our LATAM team hosted the first ever MEF Connects Futurecom, in São Paulo, the largest ICT event in LatAm. Supported by Infobip, MEF Connects Futurecom brought together 100 MEF members and industry executives from across the region at the Hotel Transamerica at the end of a show-day. Members…
Sam Hill
November 5, 2015
Guest blog

How would sir like to pay? With my data please

It may be too late to completely take back our privacy. But couldn’t we at least trade it for a fair price? This powerful idea is finally gathering momentum, says Tim Green… I have a weird attitude to privacy in this online age. It’s like I’m straddling a fence between…
Sam Hill
November 5, 2015
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