Category: Technology
176,000 attendees and almost 3,7000 companies including 400 start-ups. It can only be CES (The International Consumer Electronics Show), where trends at the very cutting edge of the tech industry are brought to life in the deserts of Nevada. Amidst the sea of awesome gadgets and gizmos on display, making sense of it all can be…
According to Tech 21, 50% of consumers would rather leave home without their wallet than without their phone. And it’s not surprising when we consider what mobile devices are now capable of. We can browse online stores, compare prices and make purchases online all via our phones. We can even pay for smaller items…
This week Baroness Martha Lane-Fox suggested serious technological changes to the NHS in her detailed review for the government. In July 2015, Jeremy Hunt tasked Baroness Lane-Fox with job of considering the digital future of the NHS. Released on the 10th December, the document makes recommendations which included free WiFi for patients, digital skills…
Guest blog: The Future of Hospitality – Purple WiFi Whether you are scared from the plethora of dystopian science fiction films depicting a dark future or confident you have everything in hand, digital and societal changes are disrupting every business engaged in hospitality. The customer service model can now utilise digital doing the heavy lifting…
If you’re like me (and a lot of other people), you keep a lot of your personal information on your smartphone—things such as Social Security numbers for your family, passwords, financial data and more. Obviously this isn’t information you want just anyone to have access to, but it’s incredibly easy for your smartphone to be…
The Wi-Fi Alliance recently launched a certification program for a new technology and standard called Wi-Fi Aware. But what does this mean? What is Wi-Fi Aware? Wi-Fi Aware is an always-on technology that enables devices to discover other nearby devices, applications and information. We think this short video from the WiFi Alliance explains it…
Last week Purple WiFi were feeling glamorous as we got to attend the Cineworld Exhibition at Silverstone race track, along with our partner, TFM Networks, a preferred supplier of the Cineworld group. With five Cineworld cinemas already up and running with TFM, Cisco Meraki and Purple, it was the perfect opportunity to showcase the…
The Web is an incredibly complex thing. Although it may feel virtual – we talk about things being ‘in the cloud’ – it is in fact scattered on real life servers all over the physical world. There are sites and apps living everywhere from back bedrooms to state-of-the-art data centers. The roads we travel…
In partnership with Ruckus Wireless and Equinox Telecom, Purple WiFi has redefined the guest experience in one of the most challenging and exciting networking environments we’ve seen to date – the USS Midway Museum, San Diego. The USS Midway is the world’s most visited historic naval ship. The ship is the length of three…
When is it? The event will be held on Thursday 22nd October from 2pm at Gilgamesh Bar & Restaurant, in the vibrant London Borough of Camden. So what’s it about? We are taking a good look at how bars and restaurants need to prepare themselves for the future and the technology that we’ll soon…
A slideshare by People’s Monthly on mobile and wearables prompted us to look at the popular and potential wearables of today and how they might be used in different market places. At Purple wearable tech matters to us because it’s reliant on connectivity to make it work. As the number of wearables increases around the…
In January this year, there were more than 50 million public WiFi hotspots across the world – that equates to one WiFi hotspot for every 150 people on the planet! But where are the world’s most unusual WiFi hotspots? 1) Mountains In July it was announced that visitors to Japan’s Mount Fuji would be able…
Location based love Proximity based social networking is becoming the norm and there has recently been a shift towards app development to help us to widen our social circles. A summary can be found on this article by vizeum. Notifications about our social connections who are close by at that moment in time can be…
8 things we’ve learnt about selfies 1 ) A picture tells a thousand words Thanks to connectivity and being ‘always on’ we can take a picture almost any time, any place, anywhere and immediately post it to one of many social media accounts. Hence the current fascination and trend for taking selfies: ‘Selfies are…
Technology advancements have meant that we can watch games, concerts and sports events easily from our own homes. This was a concern aired in 2012 in an article by Mike Freeman entitled ‘…..a losing battle in keeping fans filling its stadiums’. The fear was that technology was enabling fans to watch from home and…
New customer announcement: Purple WiFi solution is being deployed at the United Wireless Arena and Conference Center. Located in Dodge City, Kansas, the arena is a state of the art multi-purpose facility, successfully hosting hundreds of events since it first opened in 2011. An elite entertainment destination, the United Wireless Arena is the venue of…
