The Purple Blog

Insights, tips, and news about guest WiFi, analytics, marketing automation, and venue technology.

Purple Outgrows Ashton HQ

Discover how Purple expanded its headquarters to Oldham following major team growth, scaling guest WiFi and cloud location analytics software worldwide.

16 January 2017

WiFi in Healthcare - Hospital technology trends [Infographic]

WiFi in Healthcare is revolutionising healthcare across the board but the biggest visible changes are taking place at the point of provision. Patients are now

3 November 2016

Internet Effects on Children: Safety, Tech & Guidance

Explore how the internet affects children, key digital safety considerations, online exposure risks, and how WiFi security protects young users.

29 September 2016

The Advantages and Disadvantages of WANs

Do you have a wide area network (WAN) at your company? If you operate globally, you probably do. That's because WANs are powerful business tools.

22 August 2016

An Insight into Subnet Masking

Subnet masking explained In a local area network, network devices are connected in close proximity with each other and require logical grouping to work

14 July 2016

Using public WiFi, security tips and Passpoint

Learn how Passpoint and WPA2 encryption secure public WiFi hotspots. Discover tips to prevent packet sniffing and automate zero-touch connection.

24 March 2016

Are you WiFi Aware?

Discover what WiFi Aware (Neighbor Awareness Networking) is, how NAN 802.11 standards enable peer-to-peer discovery, proximity use cases, and security.

29 October 2015

Top 6 weirdest places with WiFi

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

24 August 2015

5 interesting uses for location technology in enterprise venues

Explore 5 key enterprise use cases for indoor location technology, comparing WiFi RTLS, BLE beacons, and UWB across healthcare, retail, and corporate venues.

21 August 2015

How important is WiFi in daily life? 2026 connectivity guide

Explore why WiFi is essential in daily life and business, and how guest WiFi, location analytics, and security turn daily connectivity into venue revenue.

31 July 2015

How to use WiFi to work out

There is a massive drive for health and wellbeing currently. The NHS website says that if exercise were a pill, it would be one of the most cost-effective drugs

25 May 2015

What type of social media personality are you?

In one of our earlier blogs, The Psychology of Social Media, we looked at how we may or may not be showing our true self when we are posting online.

14 April 2015

The history of online shopping

eCommerce sales for 2021 are expected to exceed $4.9trillion USD! The ability to go online and purchase what we want or need within minutes is something that

18 February 2015

Public WiFi legal requirements in the UK: compliance guide

Learn essential UK legal obligations for offering public WiFi, including UK GDPR, IWF content filtering, logging requirements, and user privacy terms.

9 January 2015

WiFi vs beacons for location-based services

Compare WiFi positioning systems and BLE beacons for indoor location-based services, spatial analytics, accuracy, and enterprise venue navigation.

8 December 2014

A cure for phone addiction

In an earlier blog we looked at nomophobia, or the fear of being without a mobile phone. We concluded that some of us might actually be getting dangerously

27 November 2014

Seven 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.

11 November 2014

How WiFi Has Changed the World

Discover how WiFi changed the world since 1999. Learn how 802.11 standards, guest WiFi, and location analytics transformed global enterprise venues.

10 August 2014

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