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New app warns of hidden smart glasses cameras nearby

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 1:01 pmWednesday, February 25, 20261 Comment

A new Android app called Nearby Glasses alerts users if someone nearby is likely wearing camera-equipped smart glasses, such as…

Apple-led Car Connectivity Consortium outlines future of vehicle access with digital key

Tuesday, January 4, 2022 11:03 amTuesday, January 4, 2022No Comments

The Apple-led Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) today announced that its Digital Key Release 3.0 White Paper – “The Future of Vehicle Access”…

Apple CarKey will soon work with your iPhone in your pocket

Tuesday, July 13, 2021 1:01 pmTuesday, July 13, 20211 Comment

With Apple CarKey, you can add car keys to the Wallet app, use your iPhone or Apple Watch to unlock and start your car, and share your key…

Apple’s AirDrop and password sharing features can leak iPhone numbers

Friday, August 2, 2019 3:36 pm2 Comments

The information disclosed may not be a big deal in many settings, such as work places where everyone knows everyone anyway, but it may be creepier in public places…

Bluetooth SIG announces mesh networking capability, ideally suited for IoT solutions

Tuesday, July 18, 2017 3:45 pmTuesday, July 18, 20173 Comments

The new mesh capability enables many-to-many (m:m) device communications and is optimized for creating large-scale device networks…

Apple’s iBeacon so far fails to ignite retail revolution, won’t be big this Black Friday either

Wednesday, November 25, 2015 8:20 amWednesday, November 25, 20157 Comments

The launch of iBeacon two years ago was supposed to change shopping. What happened?

Apple iBeacon finds its way into McDonald’s and sandwich sales increase

Thursday, December 18, 2014 4:27 pmThursday, December 18, 201416 Comments

Ever since iBeacon made its debut on the iPhone in 2013…

So, what’s going on with Apple’s iBeacon tech?

Monday, December 8, 2014 11:27 amMonday, December 8, 201412 Comments

Apple continues to disrupt consumer culture…

Apple TV continues to evolve as a smart home hub

Friday, October 10, 2014 4:59 pm17 Comments

Apple sold more than $1 billion Apple TVs in 2013…

Latest Apple TV update enables remote access relay for HomeKit connected accessories

Tuesday, October 7, 2014 4:55 pmTuesday, October 7, 20149 Comments

Apple has much hidden up their collective sleeve…

Apple’s iBeacon: So many opt-out choices, or are there?

Monday, October 6, 2014 2:02 pmMonday, October 6, 201410 Comments

here has been a lot of good coverage of Apple’s new iBeacon…

Apple TV gets HomeKit support, now armed and ready to be the hub for the smart home

Monday, September 22, 2014 10:29 amMonday, September 22, 20149 Comments

Apple is getting close to rolling out its smart home plans in a big way…

Estimote makes ‘Nearables’ – iBeacon stickers you can stick on anything

Friday, August 22, 2014 9:26 amFriday, August 22, 201413 Comments

Estimote makes iBeacons in little polygon shapes with cool colors and custom designs…

Apple and the omnichannel: 9 industries already using Apple’s iBeacon

Tuesday, July 29, 2014 10:58 amTuesday, July 29, 20145 Comments

Apple’s quiet introduction of iBeacon is shaping up to be a foundational release…

Hudson’s Bay and Lord & Taylor roll out Apple’s iBeacon tech across North America

Monday, July 28, 2014 10:57 amMonday, July 28, 20144 Comments

Apple’s iBeacon technology delivers targeted content and offers to consumers…

inMarket: iBeacon increases in-store app usage, retention, and brand engagement

Monday, June 16, 2014 3:27 pmMonday, June 16, 20144 Comments

The first public stats about iBeacon impact on the shopping experience

Google wants in on Apple Inc.’s iBeacon party

Monday, June 9, 2014 8:49 pmMonday, June 9, 201433 Comments

Over the past year, Apple’s iBeacon has gained a lot of media attention…

Apple expected fully unveil iBeacon plans at WWDC today

Monday, June 2, 2014 8:55 amMonday, June 2, 20141 Comment

Apple Inc.’s latest product to carry the ‘i’ prefix…

GE integrates iBeacon into new LED light fixtures, Walmart installing in stores worldwide

Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:02 pmThursday, May 29, 201432 Comments

Up until now most retailers have been deploying Apple’s iBeacon technology…

Walgreens and Walmart testing iBeacon, Motorola Solutions launches iBeacon marketing platform

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 5:33 pmWednesday, May 7, 201415 Comments

Walgreens-owned drugstore chain Duane Reade announced today…

Virgin Atlantic trials Apple iBeacon tech for iPhone users at London Heathrow Airport

Friday, May 2, 2014 5:30 pmFriday, May 2, 20147 Comments

Virgin Atlantic has chosen London Heathrow Airport to be the first airport in the world…

New York City bars to use Apple’s iBeacon for pub crawl promo

Monday, April 28, 2014 5:35 pmMonday, April 28, 201414 Comments

Companies continue to find new and interesting ways of implementing Apple’s iBeacon tech…

New sunglasses with iBeacon notify you when lost, act as beacons in retail

Monday, April 28, 2014 1:31 pmMonday, April 28, 20148 Comments

The first set of eye glasses with embedded iBeacon technology…

Privacy-sensitive Germans not biting into Apple’s iBeacon, yet

Friday, April 11, 2014 2:01 pmFriday, April 11, 201411 Comments

Since revelations that the U.S. spied on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone…

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…

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 patent filing reveals Bluetooth-based wireless hotspot tech; perfect for ‘iWatch’

Thursday, November 7, 2013 8:28 amThursday, November 7, 20139 Comments

An Apple patent filing published on Thursday…

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…

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