Earlier today Apple announced its long expected entry in to the smaller tablet market. With an almost 8″ screen size, the screen space is larger than the obvious competition (Amazon’s Kindle Fire devices and Google’s Nexus 7), and that matters…
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Curated Virtual Network
There seems to be a big misunderstanding about the way Devicescape's network is curated, and the types of location that are included. The venues that are part of Devicescape's curated virtual network are places like the cafés, bars, restaurants, hotels,…
Posted in Opinion, Statistics
The Rise Of Retail WiFi
Everybody is used to free WiFi in coffee shops, airports and even restaurants, but perhaps less well known is the amount of WiFi in other public places, in particular retail stores. Our dashboard at Devicescape shows an increasing number of…
Posted in Opinion, Statistics
The Ultrabook I want to see
One of the bigger stories from last week’s CES was the Ultrabook. Whether or not you agree with the oft-repeated dialog that Ultrabooks are merely Macbook Air copies — and imitation is the sincerest form of flattery – you probably…
Black Friday: The Data
Michael has already taken a look at the Black Friday data we saw in our regular reports, and the reasons why WiFi might matter for retailers like Macy’s, Safeway and Home Depot to include free access in their stores. I’m…
What Black Friday means to the Wi-Fi world
Black Friday has come and gone. As usual, the yearly craziness ensues such as all night shopping sprees, near-riots at retailers, and sadly, the occasional assault for merchandise or in this year’s case, pepper spray attacks. Now, the craziness will…
Tagged with: black friday, data offload, Retail, Wi-Fi
Posted in Events, Interesting, Market, Opinion, Statistics
Posted in Events, Interesting, Market, Opinion, Statistics
Is mobile privacy an issue for you while shopping at your local retailer?
That sounds like a loaded question doesn’t it. By hearing that question out of context, one would most likely answer yes. Now let me bring it into context. A recent CNN article reported two malls in the US are axing…
Devicescape releases the Q3 2011 Wi-Fi Report
Chalk it up as another banner quarter for Devicescape. On the heels of growing to over 4 million hotspots globally, Devicescape just released its Q3 2011 Wi-Fi report. What’s interesting about this quarter’s report is that I’m seeing some wavering…
The State of WiFi beyond 2015
I’m sure many of you have heard that the World Broadband Alliance just released their report titled “Global Developments in Public Wi-Fi”. If you haven’t seen the report, you may have read one of the many articles that cite its…
Support for Blackberry
We’re happy to announce that we’ve added support for Blackberry devices. Easy WiFi is now available on App World. Hurrah! This version of Easy WiFi is focused more tightly on the cellular offload problem. It allows users to automatically connect…
