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Tag: AirDrop

Not For Commerce: As Apple declines support, more retailers drop NFC

Wednesday, March 19, 2014 6:31 pmMonday, March 2, 201513 Comments

Apple’s refusal to support NFC on the iPhone…

When will Apple address AirDrop between iOS and OS X?

Wednesday, March 19, 2014 1:57 pm43 Comments

Yesterday, Apple released the latest beta version of OS X, 10.9.3 to developers…

Apple’s iBeacon: With great power comes great potential to delight or annoy

Monday, March 17, 2014 10:12 pmTuesday, March 18, 201415 Comments

With the release of iOS 7.1 Apple made a tweak to a technology called iBeacon…

Why aren’t people freaking out about Apple’s iBeacon?

Sunday, March 16, 2014 12:09 pmSunday, March 16, 201421 Comments

The new iOS 7.1, which Apple launched this week, contained massively-improved iBeacon…

Apple’s iOS 7.1 delivers major, game-changing iBeacon improvement

Tuesday, March 11, 2014 5:32 pmTuesday, March 11, 201422 Comments

A major, game-changing improvement to iBeacon…

How advertisers can use your personal info to get you to pay higher prices

Thursday, January 30, 2014 3:30 pm6 Comments

Imagine that you are halfway through the second week of a grueling diet…

Apple’s iBeacon and the future of retail store shopping

Tuesday, January 21, 2014 10:31 amTuesday, January 21, 20144 Comments

Mobile, mobile, mobile. It’s like the Marcia Brady of the retail industry…

Apple’s revolutionary iBeacon: Sometimes the biggest changes in technology have the smallest beginnings

Monday, January 13, 2014 1:01 pmMonday, January 13, 201413 Comments

In the summer of 2013, Apple announced iBeacon…

Company rolls out Apple’s iBeacon to grocery stores

Monday, January 6, 2014 3:27 pm19 Comments

Pretty soon, your iPhone might remind you to pick up laundry detergent…

Anybody else want an Apple ‘iServe home’ server with iBeacon accessories?

Wednesday, December 18, 2013 1:32 pmWednesday, December 18, 201316 Comments

Apple has started iBeacon activations…

The Internet of iThings: Apple’s iBeacon already in 200 million iPhones and iPads

Monday, December 16, 2013 11:01 amMonday, December 16, 20133 Comments

iBeacon is the most important new feature in iOS 7…

4 reasons why Apple’s iBeacon is about to disrupt interaction design

Wednesday, December 11, 2013 11:21 amWednesday, December 11, 201321 Comments

You step inside Walmart and your shopping list is transformed…

Apple’s revolutionary iWallet is coming

Tuesday, December 10, 2013 9:29 amMonday, January 6, 201411 Comments

This week, Apple unveiled the first large-scale integration of iBeacon…

Apple could have 250 million iBeacon-capable units in the wild by 2014

Saturday, December 7, 2013 11:11 amSaturday, December 7, 201324 Comments

Yesterday, Apple began a small press push on its new iBeacon technology…

Apple turns on iBeacon to guide shoppers at 254 U.S. retail stores

Friday, December 6, 2013 8:39 amFriday, December 6, 201314 Comments

Apple Inc. will begin using the technology at its 254 U.S. stores to send you…

Bar deploys Apple’s iBeacon to give patrons free access to Newsstand magazines

Wednesday, December 4, 2013 8:58 amWednesday, December 4, 201321 Comments

Beacon, Apple’s hyperlocal trigger tech in iOS 7…

Apple’s location-tracking iBeacon is poised to explode across retail faster than anyone can imagine

Friday, October 25, 2013 1:00 pmFriday, October 25, 201333 Comments

Embedded in Apple’s iOS 7’s flashier interface and multitasking features…

iOS 7 users: Apple’s secret retail weapon is already in your pocket

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 11:03 am30 Comments

It’s been a month since Apple unleashed iOS 7 onto the world…

Attention, retailers: With iBeacon, Apple has figured out mobile marketing

Friday, October 11, 2013 3:06 pm14 Comments

For some time now, manufacturers and retailers have looked for the best ways…

7 hidden features in Apple’s remarkable iOS 7

Monday, September 30, 2013 2:28 pmMonday, September 30, 201332 Comments

It’s been out for more than a week, but we’re still finding…

How to improve battery life in iOS 7

Saturday, September 28, 2013 3:03 pmSaturday, September 28, 201350 Comments

It’s been possible for a while to run some apps in the background…

Apple’s amazing iOS 7: Three game-changers hidden in plain sight

Thursday, September 26, 2013 12:01 pmThursday, September 26, 201326 Comments

Apple’s new iOS 7 operating system makes a year-old iPhone feel brand new…

Apple leads, the rest follow: Google dumps NFC requirement in Google Wallet app

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 2:00 pmWednesday, September 18, 20139 Comments

Today, Google announced it’s rolling out a new version of the Google Wallet…

Apple’s brilliant iBeacons system will enable purchases, contextual marketing, automated check-ins and much more

Saturday, September 14, 2013 10:38 amSaturday, September 14, 201340 Comments

Apple won’t just kill cash registers. They’ll probably kill NFC, too…

Apple v. Android: Bang per watt – Apple’s massive advantage

Tuesday, August 13, 2013 12:57 pmTuesday, August 13, 20136 Comments

When your Android phone won’t communicate with others, it will be tough to rationalize…

Apple makes iPhone more like a computer than ever before with iOS 7 Multitasking, AirDrop and the Share widget

Monday, June 17, 2013 2:32 pmMonday, June 17, 201317 Comments

Apple’s iOS is built off the same UNIX kernel as Mac OS X…

Apple unveils completely redesigned iOS 7 with new user interface, new features

Monday, June 10, 2013 3:27 pm84 Comments

Apple today unveiled iOS 7, the most significant iOS update since the original iPhone…

What Apple needs to fix in OS X 10.9

Friday, June 7, 2013 1:33 pmFriday, June 7, 201347 Comments

I don’t know about you, but I’ve grown really frustrated…

Apple’s new iOS 7 to include AirDrop Wi-Fi file sharing, sources say

Monday, June 3, 2013 9:30 amMonday, June 3, 201313 Comments

Apple is currently testing versions of iOS 7 that feature AirDrop…

Apple said to bring super-fast 802.11ac ‘5G Wi-Fi’ to 2013 Macs

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 12:01 pmWednesday, January 2, 201322 Comments

Apple’s 2013 Mac lineup will feature…

Apple’s OS X Lion hands on with FaceTime, AirDrop, and iChat

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 1:36 pm15 Comments

In OS X 10.7 Lion, FaceTime is now fully integrated…

The five best things about Apple’s OS X Lion

Friday, July 8, 2011 10:16 am84 Comments

If all goes according to rumored plan, OS X Lion…

Apple officially acquires ‘AirDrop’ trademark

Monday, June 20, 2011 4:00 pmMonday, June 20, 201110 Comments

Apple’s AirDrop will debut with OS X Lion this fall…

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