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Most apps are zombies – developers need new ways to generate revenue

Half of all apps will be used half as much three months after they hit peak usage. This decline continues steadily until ten months after hitting a peak, where the average app has less than a quarter of the use it once enjoyed or worse, becomes a zombie on the…

Tim BanksOctober 29, 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 GreenOctober 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…

MEFOctober 28, 2015

MEF Global

Newly elected MEF Global Board highlights mobile industry diversity and collaboration

MEF has announced the results of its Global Board elections for the 2015/2016 term following its AGM in London last week. Candidates representing a variety of markets and sectors contested four seats on MEF’s Global Board, reflecting the organisation’s diverse membership as mobile becomes the primary technology for engaging consumers…

Tim BanksOctober 28, 2015

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Curb your app-etite: these 10 apps stifle your phone’s performance

We all know that excited feeling when you take your new Android phone out of the box for the first time. The possibilities seem infinite – the battery will last forever, your phone will operate at lightning speed and you’ve never had more space for all your photos and music.…

Tim BanksOctober 27, 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…

MEFOctober 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…

MEFOctober 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…

MEFOctober 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…

MEFOctober 22, 2015

DCB growth Sector focus VAS

From A to B via NFC, DCB, SMS…

This week in our sector focus, MEF Minute takes a brief tour around the world of travel and mobile ticketing. Until the moment Uber completely takes over the world, the daily reality for most regular commuters is public transport. And that reality is not always a pleasant one. For the…

MEFOctober 21, 2015

Most apps are zombies – developers need new ways to generate revenue

You stay classy, Meffys

Tech Focus: wireless power

Newly elected MEF Global Board highlights mobile industry diversity and collaboration

Curb your app-etite: these 10 apps stifle your phone’s performance

Mobile Market Stats Roundup: 26 October

Meffys 2015 in pictures

Global Mobile News Roundup

A world without losers

From A to B via NFC, DCB, SMS…

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