Meffys 2015 Finalist Profiles: Innovation in Education

September 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment

After record entries from over 30 countries and scrutiny by an independent panel of judges consisting of over 40 journalists, analysts, accelerators and VCs from around the globe, the 2015 Meffys finalists have been revealed. The ultimate winners will be announced on October 19th 2015 in at a Gala Dinner taking place in London,  hosted by the legendary musician, beat-boxer and musical mastermind, Beardyman. In the run up to the event we will be profiling the finalists in the different categories – Innovation Awards, Market Awards, Sector Awards. Today its the turn of the Innovation Award … [Read more...]

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The MEF Guide To… Virtual Reality

September 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment

This week, MEF Minute kicks of a new series, The MEF Guide To... giving you an essential primer on the technologies set to make an impact on the mobile ecosystem. This week the subject is virtual reality. There’s no doubt about it: virtual reality is the technology of the year. And the year is 1991. Readers of a certain age may smile at the sudden wave of enthusiasm for VR. All the excitement about the potential of this extraordinary tech has been seen before, over 20 years ago. Back then, the coin-op arcades began creating headsets that enveloped users inside a virtual world. … [Read more...]

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Meffys 2015 Finalist Profiles: Innovation in Business Model

September 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment

After record entries from over 30 countries and scrutiny by an independent panel of judges consisting of over 40 journalists, analysts, accelerators and VCs from around the globe, the 2015 Meffys finalists have been revealed. The ultimate winners will be announced on October 19th 2015 in at a Gala Dinner taking place in London,  hosted by the legendary musician, beat-boxer and musical mastermind, Beardyman. In the run up to the event we will be profiling the finalists in the different categories.  –  Today its the turn of the Innovation Award for best business model, recognising … [Read more...]

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Is it worth the hassle to work with telcos?

September 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment

With the TC3 Summit, the annual meeting of global carriers and startups and vendors, just weeks away - Derek Kerton, Chairman of the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley examines the historically rocky relationship between startups and telcos, and asks the question, is forming a partnership worth the hassle? Since the late 90s, the pendulum has swung back and forth for startups considering partnering with phone companies. Early this century, many VCs, dot com, and Internet companies were drawn to the allure of the mobile Internet. But the network operators were so clumsy at partnering with … [Read more...]

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Mobile market stats round-up: September 14 – 21

September 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Every week, MEF Minute scours the web for the most relevant industry data so you don’t have to. Today we take a look at the future of enterprise messaging, the mHealth market, the continued rise of the mobile camera, location based services and more... Enterprise messaging will generate $70.32bn in 2020 Never mind all those stories about the decline of ‘personal’ SMS - the ‘application to person (A2P) is flying. Transparency Market Research says the global A2P SMS market will surge to $70.32bn by 2020. It generated $53 billion two years ago. Its report studies to impact of A2P SMS on … [Read more...]

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Meffys 2015 Finalist Profiles: Innovation in Apps

September 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment

After record entries from over 30 countries and scrutiny by an independent panel of judges consisting of over 40 journalists, analysts, accelerators and VCs from around the globe, the 2015 Meffys finalists have been revealed. The ultimate winners will be announced on October 19th 2015 in at a Gala Dinner taking place in London,  hosted by the legendary musician, beat-boxer and musical mastermind, Beardyman. In the run up to the event we will be profiling the finalists in the different categories – Innovation Awards, Market Awards, Sector Awards. Today its the turn of the Innovation Award … [Read more...]

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5 Minutes with… Humley

September 11, 2015 by Leave a Comment

In our 5 minutes with profiles, MEF members talk about their business, their aspirations for the future and the wider mobile industry. This week, Michael Tomlins, CEO, introduces Infomedia Group subsidiary,  Humley. What does your company do? Humley develops solutions designed to deploy diverse mobile context and apply real time Big Data to deliver improved consumer engagement and retention for content providers, OEM’s, and Operators. We curate highly targeted communication on behalf of our partners to cultivate an intimate customer journey and thereby deliver deeper value to the end … [Read more...]

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Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 7th September

September 11, 2015 by Leave a Comment

The latest offerings from Apple, mobile in South Africa, Britain is dominating Euro Fintech, Twitter users in Indonesia can buy mobile minutes & data plus all the week's global mobile stories... Each week the MEF team curates mobile stories from around the world. Essential news you may have missed, the latest market insight and data nuggets, the Global Mobile News Round-up offers an instant international mobile content and commerce snapshot.  Global News Stories From TVs to the work desk, Apple wants iOS everywhere to be your companion for life The Drum Apple has claimed … [Read more...]

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Future of TV? It’s the UI, stupid

September 10, 2015 by Leave a Comment

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 do: Browse the thousands of free TV and movie options bundled with my £5.99 Netflix sub. Browse the thousands of free TV and movie options .bundled with my annual Amazon Prime sub. Pay for a premium HD movie via Amazon Instant. Pay for a premium HD movie via Virgin broadband. Pay for a premium HD movie via Sony PlayStation. Watch again … [Read more...]

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Finalists announced for 12th Annual Meffys

September 10, 2015 by Leave a Comment

It's here! Finally. After record entries from over 30 countries and extensive judging by the independent panel of judges consisting of over 40 journalists, analysts, accelerators and VCs from around the globe, MEF Minute can exclusively unveil the finalists of the 2015 Meffys. The ultimate winners of the 15 categories will be announced on October 19th 2015 in London at a Gala Dinner taking place in London and  hosted by the legendary multi award-winning musician, beat-boxer and musical mastermind, Beardyman. Congratulations to all the finalists, see you at the bar! Meffys 2015 … [Read more...]

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