iBeacons
IoT devices could be next customer data frontier
At the Adobe Summit this week in Las Vegas, the company introduced what could be the ultimate customer experience construct, a customer experience system of record that pulls in information, not just
Estimote Wants To Pioneer ‘Nearables’ With New Stickers Beacon Hardware
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrRS8qRYXCQ&w=1236&h=695] The Internet of Things gets a lot of hype, but its rollout is slow and it will take a long time for consumers to upgrade exis
Can iBeacons Be Used To Help The Visually Impaired Navigate Public Transport?
London-based digital design studio ustwo is working on a project with the Royal London Society for Blind People (RLSB) to determine whether iBeacons/Bluetooth Low Energy beacon technology can be used
In Five Years, iBeacon/Bluetooth Low Energy Device Market To Reach 60 Million Devices
We've been hearing a lot about iBeacon and Bluetooth Low Energy-powered devices in the retail sector, where stores are beginning to roll out support for beacons in order to better communicate with cus
iBeacons Aren’t Just For Retail: Placed Lets You Use Them As iPhone Quick Launchers At Home
[vimeo 83200227 w=640 h=360] There has been a lot of talk about iBeacons since they launched with iOS 7 last fall, but much of the focus has been on how they benefit retailers and add to the in-store
Gillmor Gang: Free Shipping
The Gillmor Gang – Doc Searls, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — talk the usual smack about the complete fantasy known as IM interoperability. You'd think these stalwarts would acknowl
A Look At The iBeacon Store Of The Future With Retail Startup Thirdshelf
At this year’s Dx3 digital business expo, Montreal-based Thirdshelf had a fully functional demonstration retail store with iBeacon proximity based shopper customization in place. The demo store
Shopkick Starts 100-Store iBeacon Trial For American Eagle, Biggest Apparel Rollout Yet
Apple's iBeacon technology, which uses Bluetooth LE to send notifications to users when they're inside a physical store, is making another mainstream advance today: <a target="_blank" href="http://www
Apple Patents Mobile Payments Method With Secure Element For Protecting Account Info
Apple has filed for a new patent related to mobile payments that might provide more insight into how they’re thinking about implementing that kind of tech with the USPTO, AppleInsider notes. The
iBeacons Used To Deliver Location-Based Access To iOS Newsstand Publications
iBeacon, Apple’s hyperlocal trigger tech in iOS 7, is an innovation that holds a lot of promise, and that will probably continue to make waves in the retail industry for a long time to come. One
Coin Debuts Arduino-Based Bluetooth Low Energy Development Kit With iBeacons Potential
San Francisco-based startup Coin may not have launched yet, but it has created a hardware platform that others can use to build their own products in the process of developing its own. Today, Coin ann
MLB’s iBeacon Experiment May Signal A Whole New Ball Game For Location Tracking
There's been plenty of buzz about iBeacons and Bluetooth Low Energy radios -- they're supposed to do wonders for in-venue positioning, and plenty of companies have already expressed interest in deploy