Mobile Fridays: This Week in Mobility (July 13, 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)

Feature phones are becoming a thing of the past
2 in 3 people are switching to smartphones when they upgrade
Mobile startup to tackle credit card fees
Innovators look to mobile to cause a disruption in the credit card industry
Mobile enterprise startups to watch
Mobile must be first when you’re building an enterprise company – Box CEO
ESPN continues its investment in mobile
ESPN has been a huge innovator in the mobile space and they’re not done yet
Game investors target tablets as the next “console”
Mobile continues to bring major innovation to long standing industries
Mobile Expected to Be a Significant Part of London Olympics Experience
Another reason to cut the cable cord
WIreless sensor look to get their power “wirelessly”
Mobility is not all about apps and smartphone. Wireless sensor networks bring the physical world into the digital one while creating a self healing network of devices.

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.