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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) September 24, 2014

MEF, the global community for mobile content and commerce has revealed the finalists for its 11th annual Meffys – the international awards for measuring success and rewarding innovation across the mobile ecosystem.    

The Meffys, which this year has attracted over 250 entries from 30 countries across the 13 award categories, is judged by an independent panel of 40 journalists, academics, analysts and VCs from around the globe. New categories for 2014 include mHealth, Mobile Education and Big Data demonstrating the diversity of the mobile content and commerce landscape as it continues to expand across new market sectors in both growth and established markets.

Bringing together finalists representing countries from as wide-reaching as Tanzania to United Arab Emirates and from Brazil to the Philippines, the

2014 Meffys winners will be unveiled in San Francisco on 19th November at a glittering gala dinner co-located with MEF’s annual conference, MEF Global Forum 2014 which takes place at The Westin San Francisco Market Street on 17th to the 19th November.

Rimma Perelmuter, MEF’s CEO said: “Building on their heritage as the established barometer for showcasing innovation and mobile excellence, the Meffys provide a unique window into the mobile trends and success stories transforming consumers’ lives around the world. We are particularly delighted to see strong representation in the new award categories of mHealth, education and big data. This year’s record number of entries truly demonstrate the power of the mobile to deliver a broad range of pioneering products and services which entertain, educate and empower consumers.”    

“Congratulations to all of the Meffys finalists and thank you to the international judging panel who provided their expert insights. We wish everyone good luck and look forward to celebrating the ultimate winners at MEF Global Forum in San Francisco.”

Meffys 2014 Finalists

Big Data

Alpine Data Labs for Alpine Chorus: Unleashing the Power of Team-Based Data Science
App Annie for Advertising Analytics and App Store Optimization (ASO) tools.
AppsFlyer for AppsFlyer
deltaDNA for deltaDNA – The power of personalization
SiSense for SiSense 5.0 Analyzes a Billion Records Instantly on Any Mobile Device

Consumer Trust

AgeCheq for AgeCheq Child App Privacy Ecosystem
Bluebox Security for Bluebox Security
F-Secure for F-Secure Freedome
One97 Communications Ltd. for Paytm App
The Wireless Registry for Take Control of Your Wireless Identity

Education

EDUMOBI for EDUMOBI – Mobile Learning Network
Lingua.ly for Lingua.ly
Mutual Mobile for Yuby
Pearson Education for iLit
Wikimedia Foundation for Wikipedia Zero

Health

Buddy Enterprises Limited for Buddy App
Eko Devices for Eko Devices
Essence for Care@Home™
MediSafe for MediSafe Medication Management Platform
VoiceItt for TalkItt: This Is My Voice

Life Tools

DocuSignn Inc. for DocuSign
EasilyDo for EasilyDo
Fueled for Happify – The Happiness App
Microsoft Mobile for Video Tuner
SwiftKey for SwiftKey Keyboard

Mobile Money

Bango for The Bango Payments Platform
Barclays for Barclays Mobile Banking
Mahindra Comviva for Econet Eco$ ave powered by Mahindra Comviva mobiquity Money
Personal Capital for Personal Capital
Smart e-Money, Incorporated for Mobile Cash Transfer Program

Mobile Service

ATIV Software for EventPilot – Mobile conference app to create sustainable paperless meetings
BBG for VOA News
iRestaurante for iRestaurante
Mahindra Comviva for Econet Eco$ ave powered by Mahindra Comviva mobiquityR Money
ONDiGO for ONDiGO – Mobile CRM

Monetization & Engagement

Carnival for Carnival Mobile Marketing Suite
deltaDNA for deltaDNA – The power of personalization
Locatrix Communications for Game of Phones
Mblox for StarStar Services
Pollen for Pollen VC

Social & Entertainment

Bitstrips for Bitstrips
FleishmanHillard for Plants vs. Zombies 2
Locatrix Communications for Game of Phones
Movile internet móvel s.a for PlayKids
NaturalMotion for Clumsy Ninja

Social Responsibility

GoMetro for GoMetro USSD service
Kurbo Health for Kurbo Health
mHealth Tanzania Public Private Partnership (CDC Foundation) for Healthy Baby, Healthy Pregnancy Text Messaging Service
VOTO Mobile for Creating Equal Opportunity Through Voice
Wikimedia Foundation for Wikipedia Zero

Innovative App

Blippar for Blippar
Ensygnia for Ensygnia Onescan
Harris+Hoole for Transforming the customer experience through the Harris+Hoole app
Plastic Mobile for Neighbourhood Navigator
Shazam Entertainment for Auto Shazam

Innovation in a Growth Market

GoMetro for GoMetro Mobile Website
Intigral for Dawri Plus
Mahindra Comviva for Econet Eco$ ave powered by Mahindra Comviva’s mobiquity Money
Mobilium Global Ltd for Smart Health Africa
NearBytes for SndKey

Innovation in Technology

Blippar for Blippar app on Google Glass
Drawbridge, Inc for Drawbridge Cross-Device Advertising Technology
ItsOn Inc. for ItsOn Smart Services Platform™
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. for Qualcomm® Vuforia™ Smart Terrain™
The Wireless Registry for DNS for the Internet of Things

MEF Global Forum and Meffys 2014 are supported by Gold Editora, Mahindra Comviva, Movile, Mozilla, Playphone, TIMWE, Titans Group and Zenvia

For more information on MEF Global Forum 2014 or to purchase tickets or corporate branded tables for Meffys Gala Dinner 2014 please visit http://www.mefglobalforum.org .