Customer-service representatives at Bell Mobility, the wireless unit of Bell Canada, can make instant offers based on a customer's calling patterns, his age and the way similar customers have reacted to such offers.

ECONOMIST: Always-on people

The winner of the earlier SAP Mobility Innojam, the awesomely-named Awesome Service Notification Management app built by developers from Intel, Genentech and IGT, is one of the finalists for Demo Jam.

FORBES: The Mobile Developer's Preview of SAP TechEd (and Sybase TechWave) 2011

The DriveNow premium car sharing programme is a modern mobility concept that combines top-quality vehicles and service with simple, flexible usage.

ENGADGET: BMW DriveNow EV car sharing comes to San Francisco Bay Area, ParkNow follows suit

The device's handheld design offers the right mix of mobility, performance and connectivity for field service workers, first responders, clinicians and other mission-critical professionals.

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As Messrs Kaplan and Schulhofer-Wohl point out, mobility has fallen for manufacturers, where jobs are more dispersed, as well as for service-sector workers.

ECONOMIST: Free exchange