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Mobile First: MEFTV interviews GrowthEnabler & Axis Bank

At the inaugural MEF Global Forum Mobile First Markets in Bangalore, members and delegates came together to discuss the mobile opportunity across South East Asia, Middle East, Africa and of course India. Here MEFTV speaks with two more of the speakers, Aftab Malhotra from GrowthEnabler who talks about their work with startups and…
Sam Hill
September 8, 2015
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Infographic: The connected car market to 2020

By 2020 there will be an estimated 220 million connected cars on the road according to Business Insider.  And with connectivity comes all manner of IoT services.  Vehicle diagnostics, autonomous communication with a dealership for service notifications, smart cars communicating with smart traffic lights and more. And with more and…
Tim Banks
September 8, 2015
Stats Roundup

Mobile market stats round-up: September 7-14

Every week, MEF Minute scours the web for the most eye-catching industry data so you don’t have to. In today’s section we look at sales and projections for mobile video, smartphones, India, wearables and more... 27 per cent of Android owners switched to iOS across Europe’s big five markets last quarter…
Sam Hill
September 7, 2015
5 minutes withEurope

5 Minutes with… Crazy4Media

In our 5 minutes with profiles, MEF members talk about their business, their aspirations for the future and the wider mobile industry. This week, Tom Horsey Founder & CEO introduces Crazy4media. What is Crazy4Media? Crazy4Media is a group of four specialist digital media companies, comprising of C4M Online (dedicated to the monetization of online advertising…
Sam Hill
September 4, 2015
News Roundup

Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 31st August

Google to start punishing websites that force full-screen app install ads, IoT devices ripe for cyber attack, payments via social media drive mobile money transfer market to 13bn transactions this year plus all the week's global mobile stories... Each week the MEF team curates mobile stories from around the world. Essential news…
Sam Hill
September 4, 2015
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Why nearly everyone is wrong about Apple Pay

From news reports, you might think that the main use case for Apple Pay is contactless payments. Well, it’s not, says exasperated industry watcher Tim Green... Almost exactly a year ago, Tim Cook unveiled Apple Pay. He showed a video of a woman struggling to pay in-store with a bunch…
Tim Banks
September 3, 2015
Guest blog

Why Google And Apple Want A Piece Of The Connected Car Pie

The Automotive industry is getting mobile.  Connectivity that includes WiFi, in-car entertainment and access to traffic information as well as M2M features like car diagnostics is already a feature of high-end vehicles.  What's interesting is how this market will be driven.  On one hand, car manufacturers are increasingly bringing in…
Tim Banks
September 2, 2015
News Roundup

Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 24th August

Improving privacy policies post Spotify debacle, Yahoo woos mobile developers, Android Pay partner confusion, Amazon lays off hardware engineers, Facebook unveils messenger AI, China Mobile growth grinds to halt plus all the week's global news stories... Each week the MEF team curates mobile stories from around the world. Essential news you…
Sam Hill
August 28, 2015
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