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The miraculous future is here, and it’s just annoying

We love tomorrow's technology because today's technology is so awful. So let's only have future tech. Tim Green pauses from screaming at his wi-fi router to offer these thoughts... You probably read the reports that the Oculus Rift shipped this week. By and large, the reviewers adored it.

Tim GreenMarch 31, 2016

Content & Advertising Opinion

Remember the (mobile) things we used to worry about?

Did you ever fret about Bluejacking? Or worry that your new phone had too few megapixels? Tim Green reflects on the time we wasted when mobile was young... If getting older teaches you anything, it’s that nothing lasts forever.

Tim GreenMarch 24, 2016

Connectivity & Wholesale Content & Advertising Interviews

Industry views: Which services will sit behind the wheel of the connected car?

Last month's CES in Las Vegas saw many of the large automotive firms showcase their vision of the connected car. A year before at CES 2015, Mark Fields, CEO of Ford, said: “We’re thinking of ourselves as a mobility company and not only a car and truck company. We want…

MEFFebruary 16, 2016

Content & Advertising Guest blog Opinion

Native advertising’s giant leap into mobile

As the debate rages on about ad blockers and the future of mobile advertising, Jay Hinman, VP of Marketing at Smaato explores how creative native ads remain one of the most effective tools in a mobile publishers arsenal. With all the hullabaloo around mobile ad blocking cresting in recent weeks,…

MEFDecember 2, 2015

Content & Advertising Interviews

Connecting the African mobile ecosystem

Last month, MEF hosted the fourth annual MEF Connects Africa during AfricaCom week in Cape Town, where MEF members and guests gathered to discuss the African mobile ecosystem an the opportunities and challenges it faces. We asked some of the attendees for their take on the mobile situation in Africa…

MEFDecember 1, 2015

Content & Advertising Opinion

Africa: how to address one billion mobile connections

Ahead of AfricaCom next week, CEO Rimma Perelmuter looks at the mobile opportunity in Africa. Supported by Basebone, Mahindra Comviva, Infobip and Mozilla, MEF’s fourth annual MEF Connects Africa on November 17th will bring together senior executives and MEF members from both African and global mobile businesses. The pan-African mobile…

Tim BanksNovember 11, 2015

Content & Advertising

Future of TV? It’s the UI, stupid

Everyone’s trying to offer us new things to watch on TV. Great, but how about giving us a better way to find it, says Tim Green. And he thinks the mobile might be the answer... At home my TV offers me an array of special treats. Here’s what I can…

Tim BanksSeptember 10, 2015

Content & Advertising Guest blog Interviews

Six Essential Insights into the Indonesian App Market

Josh Fenn, Senior Marketing Manager at internet giant & MEF Member Baidu, shares his six tips for understanding the burgeoning mobile applications market in Indonesia, as well as a wealth of data from the MoboMarket Android App store, which boasts 4 million monthly active users in Indonesia. With a population…

MEFSeptember 9, 2015

Content & Advertising MEFTV

Interactive Entertainment in Mobile First Markets – MEFTV interviews Blippar & Deezer

Last month MEF hosted the inaugural MEF Global Forum Mobile First Markets in Bangalore, where 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, Arnav Ghosh, Regional Director, India…

Sam HillAugust 19, 2015