There has been a lot of talk about iBeacons since they launched with iOS 7 last fall, but much of the focus has been on how they benefit retailers and add to the in-store shopping experience. They ...

Apple flipped a switch this week and enabled customers at 254 U.S. Apple Stores to get spammed with micro-location based promotional nagging. The new system, called iBeacon, is a low cost, low-energy ...

GPS will tell you how to get to the nearest Apple store. With iBeacon, Apple aims to guide you around once you're inside, whether it's to pick up an order, upgrade to a new iPhone or shop for a pair ...

There is no NFC capability in the new iPhones, but that’s okay–Cupertino has bigger (and less expensive) plans for low-power radio wave-based mobile payment technology. iBeacon was a tiny throwaway ...

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 ...

You step inside Walmart and your shopping list is transformed into a personalized map, showing you the deals that'll appeal to you most. You pause in front of a concert poster on the street, pull out ...

The new iOS 7.1, which Apple launched this week, contained massively improved iBeacon functionality. Among these improvements is that Apple has cancelled an element of user permission. Once you’ve ...

Betaworks-backed Estimote has today announced a partnership with Knoll to bring its iBeacon platform to the office space planning company. Estimote, a Disrupt and YC alum, offers a platform for ...

Apple didn't mention iBeacon, its location-detection device for shoppers who carry mobile phones, at the keynote of its WWDC software developers' conference yesterday. It's an omission that has some ...