2015 will be the year of the beacon, as companies of all sorts begin deploying these Bluetooth nodes that (at a mininum) tell a smartphone precisely where it is so that an app can act on the specific ...

Those of you creating Internet of Things projects might be interested in a new Bluetooth beacon called Puck.js, which has been created by Gordon Williams based in Oxford within the UK. Puck.js takes ...

Bluetooth refers to the technology in cellphones, earbuds, laptops and other smaller electronic devices that enables them to connect to networks. This same technology is used in Bluetooth beacons, ...

Beacons are typically used for proximity marketing, but they also have a purpose in higher education: improving the student experience. Beacons emit short-range, Bluetooth low energy signals to mobile ...

Bluetooth beacons have only been around for a few years, but the draw is incredible. With Bluetooth beacons, your phone is location aware, even with location services are turned off. They’re seen in ...

ABI Research has predicted that, by 2020, shipments of Bluetooth low Energy (BLE) beacons will exceed 400 million. These battery-operated Bluetooth devices are typically used to trigger an event on a ...

The proximity engagement market just became more competitive. The Wi-Fi Alliance recently unveiled Wi-Fi Aware as an alternative to Bluetooth Smart, the technology behind the Apple iBeacon and Google ...

We've all been there before. As useful and ubiquitous maps and navigation apps may be, there are instances and places where they just can't be used. Like tunnels or underground, where GPS signals, ...

These are tough times for most brick-and-mortar stores. Although online sales are still only about 7% of total retail sales, online sales are growing about three times faster than in-store sales. Plus ...

Bluetooth beacons — small transmitters that retailers can use to broadcast offers to shoppers' mobile phones — have always lived at the periphery of the payments world. But that may be changing very ...