Apple’s iBeacon is suddenly in the news a lot, and will soon show up at major sporting events, big retail stores and elsewhere. The beacon revolution is being presented as an Apple thing for Apple ...

This story originally written by Ryan Faas at CITEworld. Sign up for our free newsletter here. Plenty of companies already offer Bluetooth LE beacons that are compatible with iOS and Android devices.

With the new location service, shoppers with the Apple Store app installed could start receiving notifications as they walk past the latest iPhones Apple is taking a closer look at shoppers in its ...

iBeacons were introduced as part of iOS 7. iBeacons haven’t exactly caught on as Apple hoped, and neither have the similar smartphone-communicating beacons launched by other companies like Google. But ...

Introduced in the summer of 2013 as a feature of iOS 7, Apple's new mobile notifications system iBeacon is being touted by big brands as the next great opportunity in advertising. Using tiny Bluetooth ...

Nicholas Clark is Chief Technology Officer at DoubleDutch. When Apple announced indoor location tracking technology for iOS 7, it was a retailer’s dream come true. With the precise, low-cost indoor ...

NEW YORK (AP) — As good as GPS is at helping smartphones guide you, the technology isn't very precise and doesn't work reliably indoors. Apple is trying to improve that with a new iBeacon system, ...