February 24, 2021 Technology is making retail stores safer Technology has been used as a tool that aids and improves performance in the retail industry for a large amount of time now but the COVID-19 outbreak has prompted retail stores globally to look for technology to help them improve safety as well as operations. The coronavirus pandemic has shifted the focus towards keeping visitors… Read More
November 20, 2019 Top 5 Technology Trends To Watch In 2020 As the end of 2019 comes to a close and we enter a new decade, I can’t help look back and think how much technology has evolved in the last ten years, which excites me (probably more than it should) for the next decade. In the age of technology, it seems that everything around us… Read More
June 12, 2018 Target customers to the minute with LogicFlow’s new feature: Purple’s automated marketing tool In June 2017 we released LogicFlow, a simple to use drag and drop builder that enables you to set up multi-staged marketing campaigns within minutes. With LogicFlow, you can automatically trigger an ‘action’, such as an e-shot, SMS message, splash page display or website redirect based on specific customer behavior, location, device and more. There… Read More
March 26, 2017 Purple gets golden ticket for maiden flight from Manchester to San Francisco Here at Purple, we have a reputation for breaking new ground. We were the first mover in our market, delivering a unique WiFi and analytics solution to business and venues around the world that provides them with customer insights and marketing tools for real world spaces. Tomorrow, Tuesday March 28th, will mark another first for… Read More
February 21, 2017 In-Store WiFi: Are you using it to it’s full potential? Every day, millions of us use our smartphones, laptops, tablets, and wearable technology to connect to public WiFi access points (WAP). Ultimately, we expect to be connected wherever we go, and rely on established venues like shopping malls, department stores, and chain stores to provide us with reliable and secure in-store WiFi. With so many… Read More
February 21, 2017 Young coders set to conquer Purple challenge in local hackathon Following the success of last year’s event, Purple’s development team is once again set to help school children in Greater Manchester develop their coding and programming skills at the 2017 Tameside Hackathon. The Tameside Hackathon, which kicks off today, gives children aged 12 to 18 years-old the chance to get competitive with their coding, digital… Read More
January 26, 2017 Dom’s Story: Setting Up Purple in South America Hello! I’m Dominic, and I’m the Senior Technical Support Engineer at Purple – Intelligent Spaces. This past November, I was given the opportunity to travel to Chile in South America as part of my role with Purple. Getting the chance to visit the other side of the world, soak up the sun, experience a new… Read More
January 18, 2017 Acuative becomes a Purple Certified Partner to attract new opportunities in retail Purple, the intelligent spaces company, today announced its certified partnership with Acuative, a global provider of IT and networking support services, based in New Jersey. Acuative helps both public and private sector organisations manage and service their information technology, data, cloud and voice networks. With offices located in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East,… Read More
December 12, 2016 2016’s Big Fat List of IoT Gadgets Now that 2016 is coming to a close, it’s easy to see why this year has been THE year for making the Internet of Things a bigger part of our lives. More and more connected gadgets have sprung up to make previously ‘dumb’ things smart. In no particular order (because ain’t nobody got time for… Read More
September 30, 2016 The effects on children and the internet Like it or not, children and the internet go hand-in-hand and the digital world plays a massive part in most youngsters day-to-day lives. Most kids know how to answer a question by completing a Google search instead of asking their parents and most toddlers know how to swipe a screen on a smartphone. This may add to the… Read More
January 26, 2016 Top 5 Tech Trends from CES 2016 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… Read More
August 15, 2015 ITGL announces agreement with Purple WiFi ITGL has signed an agreement with innovative social WiFi provider, Purple WiFi, which will see the addition of cloud-based guest WiFi and location analytics solutions to its portfolio of products. ITGL specialises in networking, unified communications and collaboration technologies. Customers are based across the UK and span all sectors. They trust ITGL to provide… Read More
June 23, 2015 How much do you know about the WWW? If you are reading this then you probably use the internet a fair bit (or perhaps nearly all day, everyday). But, not everyone is as tech savvy as you! Did you know that some people don’t know the difference between the internet and the WWW? Some even don’t know what WWW stands for. For example,… Read More
March 30, 2015 Smart Cities Guest Blog: I’m building a time machine by Alison Lee I’m building a time machine Hurrah according to Google it’s the year of the automated car. I’m twitching the curtains waiting for it to arrive. Then again, I’m not sure I’d like to be driven around at 25 miles an hour, a speed just slow enough to feel uncomfortable when passing pedestrians. Is it like… Read More
January 15, 2015 7 ways technology has developed over the last 10 years The world of technology has massively changed over the last decade. We take a look at just how far we’ve come, with our top seven technology advancements list. 1) Smartphones With our smart phones we can now do almost anything that we can do with our home laptop. A recent stat we read told us that… Read More
December 02, 2014 All I want for Christmas is WiFi This Christmas many children (if they have been good) are going to be waking up on the big day to the newest toys on the market. WiFi related toys are in line for being amongst those at the top of children’s Christmas wish lists. The elves, it seems, are very busy making Cayla dolls ready… Read More
