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News Roundup

Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 18th August 2014

Each week the MEF team curates mobile stories from around the world. Essential news, the latest market insight & data nuggets, the Global News Round-up offers an instant international mobile content and commerce snapshot.  Global News Stories Nearly Half of All Display Ad Views from Mobile by 2019, says Forrester…
Sam Hill
August 22, 2014
Analytics

The Power of Push [Infographic]

With 52% of people opting to receive push notifications from their apps, app analytics and marketing firm, Localytics has examined the engagement and retention rates of users who opted in compared to those who disabled push messages. The standout statistic is that there is an 88% higher engagement on average for…
Sam Hill
August 20, 2014
Meffys

Meffys Winner Spotlight – Brandtone

With our international panel of Judges now sorting through the avalanche of submissions for Meffys 2014 (thanks to all our entrants!) we continue our series looking at some of last year's winners to find out what they've been up to since they celebrated their success in the international mobile content &…
Sam Hill
August 15, 2014
News Roundup

Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 11th August 2014

Each week the MEF team curates mobile stories from around the world. Essential news, the latest market insight & data nuggets, the Global News Round-up offers an instant international mobile content and commerce snapshot.  Global News Stories Amazon Launches Local Register, A Square Competitor With Lower Transaction Rates TechCrunch Amazon…
Sam Hill
August 15, 2014
Mobile PaymentsVAS

Digital Wallets – Transforming the retail experience

Srinivas Nidugondi, Senior Vice President at Mahindra Comviva heads the mobile financial Solutions business unit. Here he discusses how mobile wallets present a huge opportunity for creative merchants to add value to digital transactions, while sharing his key tips for success and the pitfalls to avoid. The way we use money has…
Sam Hill
August 13, 2014
Analytics

A storm in our pockets [Infographic]

Non-card non-cash payments (which include mobile payments and coupons) are set to grow from 9.3 % of all retail transactions today to 19.6% by 2019, that's according to research by specialist payments company, Paypoint.  The same study suggests that a third of people aged 18-30 have bought goods and services…
Sam Hill
August 11, 2014
News Roundup

Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 4th August 2014

Each week the MEF team curates mobile stories from around the world. Essential news, the latest market insight & data nuggets, the Global News Round-up offers an instant international mobile content and commerce snapshot.  Global News Stories   Three Ways For Retailers To Survive The Amazon Fire Crusade TechCrunch On…
Sam Hill
August 8, 2014
10 things

10 things you need to know about mobile social tech

Last year, dedicated social tech investor, Nominet Trust, launched the inaugural Nominet Trust 100 (NT100), a list of 100 inspiring international projects using technology to drive social change and make the world a better place.  The call for nominations for the second annual NT100 is now open.Research among the finalists of the…
Tim Banks
August 7, 2014
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