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Global mobile news round-up 30 October

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. European data roaming charges & net neutrality, Twitter & mobile ad revenue, Apple watch sales figures plus much more.Extra costs of using a mobile phone in countries across the EU are to be scrapped, MEPs have agreed,…
Sam Hill
October 30, 2015
Meffys

You stay classy, Meffys

The winners at last week’s Meffy awards event reflected the global, life-improving nature of today’s mobile content. What a long way we’ve come from appalling Java games and inexplicable on-device portals, says a battle-scarred Tim Green... Over 12 years of Meffys, a small number of things have stayed the same.…
Tim Green
October 29, 2015
Tech Focus

Tech Focus: wireless power

Wires are disappearing from our desks thanks to wi-fi, Bluetooth and RF. But we still can’t lose those power cables. So when will charging go wireless? In 1955 something happened that would change family life forever. Engineer Eugene Polley created the ‘Flash-matic’ wireless TV remote. Living rooms and rear-ends would…
Sam Hill
October 28, 2015
Stats Roundup

Mobile Market Stats Roundup: 26 October

Men out-shop women on Wechat, Samsung Pay tops 1m users in South Korean & 68% of people are yet to use any kind of mobile financial services.. All this and many more mobile data points in this week’s MEF market stats round up… It seems male shoppers on WeChat spend…
Sam Hill
October 26, 2015
Meffys

Meffys 2015 in pictures

Check out a selection of photos from the 12th annual Meffys, rewarding innovation across the mobile ecosystem. The awards, supported by F-Secure and Mozilla, took place at a sell-out gala ceremony this week in London at the Rosewood Hotel. Guests were treated to a glittering drinks reception and a superb…
Sam Hill
October 23, 2015
News Roundup

Global Mobile News Roundup

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Apple removes 250 privacy infringing apps from the app store, fingerprint scanners are now "essential", Facebook fights for free internet in India and Microsoft mobile payments are "coming Soon" plus much more. Apple has removed 250 apps…
Sam Hill
October 23, 2015
Guest blog

A world without losers

If we can put GPS-enabled tags on objects, we may never lose anything again. Tim Green ponders a future in which he never misplaces his glasses. I want you to do a thought experiment. If you’re over 30, it might be easier for you. It starts with a question: who’s…
Sam Hill
October 22, 2015
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