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Artificial intelligence; friend or foe? Imagine technology that could train a webcam on users while they are watching a political debate in the audience. Tracking their smiles, frowns and angry gesticulating, in order to measure their levels of agreement, confusion, horror or amusement and comparing their reactions to others. This…

Last month Gavin gave us an overview of the “Internet of Things” (also known as the “Internet of Everything”) and what it could mean for everyday life. But how far from the revolution are we? We spoke to some experts to find out. You’ve probably heard it being mentioned a few…

Asset tracking can help prevent your equipment from getting misplaced. If you want to learn how to keep tabs on your business equipment, this101 is for you.

The world of digital healthcare is quickly becoming vital to the survival of healthcare facilities. See how asset tracking works and the possible benefits.

Purple has formed a new technology partnership with Atea, Northern Europe’s market leader in IT infrastructure.  Atea are a large IT integrator and transformation specialist with 7,400 employees and 4,000 consultants located in 87 offices. Located in seven countries —Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, Atea offers a…

Your WiFi network has never been so important.  Most organisations are getting ready to implement a WiFi network ready for the Internet of Everything with many asking how they can be fully prepared. Intrinsic and Cisco are hosting a free workshop on Thursday 2nd July at CityLabs, Manchester. Register for…

August is proving to be a very busy and productive month at Purple, and we have a large number of exciting new features going live. These include: Access Media Insertion Introduce a new revenue stream by monetizing your guest WiFi login experience through Access Media Insertion. So what is Access…

The top Australian tourist body, Tourism Australia is campaigning for all Australian hotels to offer free WiFi and end expensive in room internet access. They are not lobbying to cut costs for tourists though, their main aim is to encourage tourist to share their stories and photos with friends on…

We work with a number of enterprise-sized businesses across the world, many of which have thousands of access points across multiple locations. Manually configuring that many access points is a daunting task for any engineer. So, to help our customers tackle this issue, we have introduced automatic provisioning for Meraki…

Through connecting cameras with our platform, venues can track visitor numbers with up to 98% accuracy with a 3D compatible camera.

After much anticipation, we are delighted to unveil our brand new free license product, which will help us turn even more of the world Purple. Purple Free is a cutting-edge product with market leading capabilities, without any of the fees charged by leading Utility WiFi providers. As of Monday 3rd…

Looking to get WiFi for your bar or pub? Deep dive into all of the considerations here and see the benefits of having WiFi at your bar.

Have you ever been encouraged to use the self check out in a supermarket or airport? You’re ushered in and kindly helped by a member of staff who will show you just how easy and fast it is to do things without a member of staff. Take that a stage…

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…

Blog post by Euan Semple, author of ‘Organizations don’t tweet, people do’ Online conversations If you run a small business or a cafe or a bar you already talk to your customers face to face and probably know your regulars and a little bit about them. They enjoy the relationship and…