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Tag: Bluetooth

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…

Automatic bra can only be opened by true love – and an iPhone (with video)

Monday, January 27, 2014 9:26 amMonday, January 27, 201421 Comments

The video is really worth watching…

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 co-developed next-gen iPhone-compatible hearing aid to debut early next year

Monday, November 25, 2013 12:02 pmMonday, November 25, 201317 Comments

This was the year that Apple put a lot of energy into developing tech…

‘So, that’s why it’s called Bluetooth!’ and other surprising tech name origins including ‘Apple’

Thursday, November 7, 2013 1:00 pmThursday, November 7, 201311 Comments

The startup world is filled with all manner of intentionally misspelled…

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 next move revealed?

Monday, October 28, 2013 3:02 pmMonday, October 28, 201324 Comments

Apple is a silicon powerhouse…

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…

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…

World’s smallest blood monitoring implant tells your iPhone when you’re about to have a heart attack

Tuesday, March 26, 2013 6:33 pmTuesday, March 26, 20137 Comments

Often in the hours before a heart attack, fatigued or oxygen-starved muscle…

Keycard app secures your Mac by detecting the proximity of your iPhone, iPad

Monday, January 7, 2013 4:00 pmMonday, January 7, 201316 Comments

Once you have paired your iPhone and it is recognised, you can simply walk away from your Mac…

Apple and Intel secretly building Bluetooth smartwatch that connects to your iOS devices, say sources

Thursday, December 27, 2012 9:16 amThursday, December 27, 201244 Comments

Apple and Intel are jointly building a Bluetooth-equipped smart wristwatch…

Apple hiring ‘dozens’ of former Texas Instruments engineers in Israel

Monday, December 3, 2012 10:06 pm8 Comments

Apple has been expanding its workforce in Israel over the past couple of weeks…

Why the iPhone 5 headset could be… an iPod

Friday, April 13, 2012 1:30 pmFriday, April 13, 201222 Comments

Apple’s latest patent filing takes iPod shuffle and transforms it into an essential item for any iPhone user…

Apple tells iOS accessory makers to start work on next-gen devices with Airplay over Bluetooth 4.0

Monday, December 12, 2011 12:30 pmMonday, December 12, 201112 Comments

AirPlay, a proprietary protocol by Apple allowing for worry-free wireless streaming…

iOS 5 to enable Bluetooth in Apple TV, paving the way for apps?

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 6:04 pm20 Comments

Apple has included hidden bluetooth support in their second-generation Apple TV…

Apple joins Bluetooth board of directors

Thursday, June 23, 2011 10:27 am11 Comments

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) today announced…

Apple’s iOS 5 devices now transmit Album/Track/Artist data to Bluetooth audio devices

Thursday, June 9, 2011 4:32 pm10 Comments

Yet another wonderful little feature of iOS 5…

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