Beacons have gotten a lot of attention in recent years. Since Apple announced its iBeacon specification, a new industry has exploded and many marquee retailers, entertainment venues, out-of-home networks and more have integrated the technology to enhance their abilities to understand and engage mobile users at particular places. However, like with any new industry and […]
Gimbal Supports Eddystone-EID (Ephemeral Identifiers) from Google Google announced today the release of Eddystone ephemeral /EID frames, which is designed for scenarios where beacon deployers want to manage access to the beacon signal, including privacy- and security-sensitive applications. We are pleased to announce that Gimbal has been classified with full support for Eddystone, including this […]
Location awareness is only as valuable as it is actionable. In this post, I’ll highlight three different ways app publishers can utilize location to improve their user experience in the physical world: Location-based push notifications Utilizing complementary sources of data to drive engagement & ROI Dynamic personalization of content Location-Based Push Notifications Push notifications and […]
Disruptive change brings opportunities. Amid today’s changing media business, fundamentals favor out of home (OOH) advertising. Consumers are outside the home more often than ever, and nearly everyone is connected through mobile technology. OOH intersects these active and connected consumers making them stop, think and notice. Much of the change impacting the OOH industry today […]
5 Reasons Participating in a Hackathon Should Be On Your Bucket List A friend in New York was a self-described ‘hackathon addict’ – I still recall how silly that sounded. She compared hackathons to speed dating – a brief thrill before moving on. And while I nodded politely as I heard her stories, I assumed […]
The proliferation of mobile devices has had a transformational effect on the shopping experience. It has forced retailers to shift their marketing efforts and focus to the fastest growing, most personalized channel — a shopper’s phone. Imagine the following example, you walk by a retail store whose website you happened to be browsing last week. […]
Location Intelligence & Mobile Engagement Enhance the Financial Services Consumer Experience The digital and mobile revolution has touched every industry, and shifted the ways consumers expect to be interacted with. The Financial Services Industry as a whole has been through many transitions over the last decade, including: mergers and acquisitions; economic downturn and impact from […]
Changing the Way Consumers and Brands Interact in Today’s Retail Marketplace As a customer walks by a retailer on her way home from work, her smartphone vibrates. “The shoes in your online shopping cart are in-store! Stop by to see them in person!” In this world of customization, retailers are looking for ways to better […]
If carrying out massive beacon deployments in stadiums like the Quicken Loans arena and events like SXSW has taught us one thing, it would be that change happens. Change can come in a variety of different ways, and it can be brought on by anything – from weather to the amount of people expected in […]