[Editor's note: Author Kevin Hunter will be a panelist on the Digital Signage Federation’s July “Hangout” discussion entitled, “Intersection of Digital Signage with NFC, BLE and Beacons,” on July 29 ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Thanks to cellular GPS, the days ...

Bluetooth beacons enable proximity-based contextual awareness, but implementing beacons on a product can present some interesting design and development challenges. First, there is no official ...

Enterprise location services company CenTrak has begun manufacturing Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons and embedding them into its sensor devices to provide its customers with wayfinding ...

The industry is abuzz at present with many people talking about the endless opportunities and possibilities around BLE Beacons, and amidst all the discussion remains a large amount of confusion around ...

Location-based services have been around for years, but recently the market heated up with the introduction of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons. BLE beacons are small sensors that you can attach to ...

Google today introduced a number of new products around Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons in an effort to challenge Apple’s iBeacon ecosystem. These new products include a new open beacon format, ...

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With the launch of the Raspberry Pi 3, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is now at our disposal. With BLE, there are a few technologies for implementing one-way beacons that broadcast data. Apple has been ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ABI Research’s report, BLE Tags: The Location of Things (LOT) reveals that total BLE Beacon shipments will comfortably exceed 400 million units in 2020. Principal Analyst ...