Mobile Fridays: This Week in Mobility (Aug. 10, 2012)

Every Friday, the mobility team here at Cloud Sherpas scours the Web for the hottest, most relevant mobile technology news of the week and compiles it in conveniently-byte-sized chunks right here — for fast, easy, on-the-go consumption.

Do you have a story we didn’t cover? Post it in the comments, and join the conversation.

Enjoy!

This Week’s Top Links in Mobility (In no particular order)

Has Apple Gone too Far?
The patent case against Samsung could have major ramifications for future innovation in the mobile space.

Starbucks and Square Push Mobile Payments Forward
The future of mobile payments is being pushed forward by Starbucks and Square … and they aren’t bringing the credit card companies with them.

Mobile Phone Growth Slows?
Are we reaching a saturation point in the smartphone market? FYI … tablets are still growing like crazy.

The Enterprise is Getting App Dev Attention
App developers are looking for additional ways to monetize mobility.

Hilarious: Conan Makes the Case for Apple
They should call him as a witness …

Youtube No Longer Standard on iOS
Between the never ending patent claims, it looks like Apple is putting a Steve Jobs type plan to action in its fight with Android/Google.

Ford to Bring Daily Deals Right to Your Car
Pretty soon your car will just drive you to the best prices.

AT&T to Kill 2G Networks in 2017
The end of an era as we look for forward to 4G.

Ryan Northington (13 Posts)

Cloud Sherpas Senior Mobility Consultant for North America, Ryan is a Wireless Engineer and has worked in the instrumentation business for the last 5 years. He is recognized as an expert in wireless technology, software development and radio frequency instrumentation. In his capacity at Cloud Sherpas, Ryan specializes in assisting enterprise clients in the planning, design and development of native and cross-platform mobile applications and experiences.