Given the current times, contactless solutions such as QR Codes and NFC tags will help us get through during and post-pandemic. Restaurants all across the globe are adopting QR Codes for contactless menus, contactless payment, and even contactless deliveries. With the rise in the adoption of mobile devices, there has been a shift in the […]

According to the 2014 Mobile Media Consumption Report by InMobi, mobile commerce has already seen a 15% increase this year, and states that 83% of consumers are planning to involve themselves in mobile commerce in the coming year. With more and more brands coming up with intuitively designed apps and features such as ‘order online’ and ‘collect […]

Beacons are essentially ‘GPS for indoors’, which allow for proximity-based personalised notifications and alerts. In retail stores, customers can be prompted according to their location, so that promotion and offers can be targeted with greater precision. It is one of the most exciting technological inventions to hit consumer retail in the last few years, and […]

Beacons are essentially ‘GPS for indoors’, which allow for proximity-based personalised notifications and alerts. In retail stores, customers can be prompted according to their location, so that promotion and offers can be targeted with greater precision. It is one of the most exciting technological inventions to hit consumer retail in the last few years, and […]

What is a Beacon? Beacons are low-cost, low-powered transmitters equipped with Bluetooth Low Energy or BLE (also called Bluetooth 4.0 or Bluetooth Smart) that can be used to deliver proximity-based, context-aware messages. What is an iBeacon? The terms iBeacon and beacon are often used interchangeably. The main difference is that iBeacon is not a physical […]

What is a Beacon? Beacons are low-cost, low-powered transmitters equipped with Bluetooth Low Energy or BLE (also called Bluetooth 4.0 or Bluetooth Smart) that can be used to deliver proximity-based, context-aware messages. A beacon transmits signals which allow another device to determine its proximity to the broadcaster. In a store, a beacon lets a customer’s […]

Today, beacons are taking the retail industry by storm . These low-cost pieces of hardware have revolutionized the the way the online and offline world connect and interact with each other. More importantly they also provide a unique advantage for brick-and-mortar businesses, by helping them deflect threats from e-commerce-only retailers. While beacon technology is best […]

  Today, beacons are taking the retail industry by storm . These low-cost pieces of hardware have revolutionized the the way the online and offline world connect and interact with each other. More importantly they also provide a unique advantage for brick-and-mortar businesses, by helping them deflect threats from e-commerce-only retailers. While beacon technology is […]

Integration of context into apps is one of the key trends for 2014. How well contextual intelligence is integrated into the app experience, marks the difference between a good versus a great application. For an application, location is one of the most powerful triggers of action. Until now, the technologies available have suffered from three […]

Beacons, the low-powered transmitters equipped with Bluetooth Low Energy, that can be used to deliver proximity-based, context-aware messages are all set to revolutionize the way people interact with public spaces. These devices give brands an opportunity to interact with customers not only at a store level but also to target narrowly at an aisle or […]