Apr 5, 2013: Healthcare organizations with lots of always-mobile workers – people who spend their days in the field or traveling from one client or patient to the next – will be “investing in mobile tools to provide real-time access to required data and information in the field” this year.

Apr 1, 2013: Stateson, from ServiceMaster, said his operation has saved close to $50,000 in a year with a mobile worker-centric system, including about $800 a month in fuel use alone from reduced idling and more efficient routes. Stateson is using a mobile system from Xora Inc.

Mar 25, 2013: City will equip code enforcement officers, contractors with Samsung tablets running Xora software to keep them safer, more efficient on the job.

Mar 7, 2013: As a new wave of younger, more social-media friendly employees joins the workforce, resistance to GPS has declined, given that these employees tend to broadcast their whereabouts readily anyway. The impact of this demographic change will take a while to filter through, but there definitely will be less resistance from the workforce in the future, analysts say.

Dec 20, 2012: Software that turns any mobile device into a productivity tool for always-mobile workers and their managers can be a boon to many companies.

Dec 20, 2012: Using Sprint services and Xora, the largest North American provider of plumbing and drain cleaning services realizes more efficient job processing.