Follow Author. Apr 11, 2016, 09:00am EDT Apr 11, 2016, 10:25am EDT. Share. Save. This article is more than 9 years old. ... The number of different use cases for Bluetooth beacons can make my head ...

For beacons that store other information or that can be upgraded via Bluetooth, such a person would use an iPhone or iPad at each location to connect to a beacon. That’s not very scalable.

The newest Bluetooth-enabled beacons have the edge on similar technologies such as RFID because they can communicate with a host of Bluetooth-enabled smartphones and tablets.

Q: Why did Google send me a Beacon and what will it do for my business? A: Beacon technology designed to help the retail industry has been around since 2013, but it’s just now becoming more ...

Bluetooth beacons have only been around for a few years, but the draw is incredible. With Bluetooth beacons, your phone is location aware, even with location services are turned off. They’re … ...

Designed with what is said to be the industry’s lowest power consumption, Atmosic’s ATM33 Bluetooth LE SoC enables the blukii beacon to run with an idle current consumption below 1µA and active ...

An early pledge of US$129 will put you in line for a SightCompass beacon should the campaign reach its $100,000 goal and deliver on its promises. Shipping is slated for December 2014. You can ...

In a pilot program announced Friday, Boston's MBTA is going to start tracking public-transit rider movements using beacons--stationary devices that measure the movements of people carrying ...

Most applications for beacon technology so far have been targeted towards retailers and marketers — for instance, beacons have been used to push coupons for McNuggets when you walk by a McDonalds.