HuffPo: 8 Mobile Trends to Watch in 2012

The Huffington Post has some predictions today on the major mobile trends for small businesses to watch out for in 2012. The article focuses primarily on marketing and development, making suggestions about app development and taking advantage of mobile search. However, an attentive CIO or IT manager should be able to look at the article and make some deductions about mobile device usage patterns in the workforce.

Case in point: when mentioning the propensity of the youngest generation of professionals to use YouTube as a search engine, HuffPo reminds enterprises not to neglect video as part of their online presence. We’d like to also remind you when selecting phones and data plans for your employees that many of them, especially the younger set, will expect to be able to access YouTube and Vimeo on demand (sometimes even for work-related purposes), and may or may not understand the details of data usage, or the difference between mobile internet and WiFi.

Be sure to read the rest of the list. It’s good stuff.