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How to Make a Raspberry Pi Turn on a Lamp with iBeaconTM Technology
By James Nebeker Beacon™ proximity technology is an exciting tool already being used by retailers and developers to build location-aware apps to improve user experience
A Solution for Android Bluetooth Crashes
By David G. Young Lots of folks using proximity beacons with Android devices have been suffering from repeat error dialogs saying “Unfortunately, Bluetooth Share has
iOS 7.1 Background Beacon Detection Times
By David G. Young The release of iOS 7.1 has led to some hope that the new release will improve beacon background detection times. Repeating earlier
Beacons Don't Track People, Apps Track People
By Marc Wallace We see a lot comments and posts in the media that mistakenly tout proximity beacons as a way to ‘track’ customers. This
Announcing Beacon Development Kit Version 2.0
By James Nebeker We are excited to announce an update to our top-selling Beacon Development Kit. With version 2.0, we made the kit more user friendly
5 Fundamental Misconceptions about Beacon Technology
By Chris Sexton Beacons are great. A rock solid way to build proximity solutions into mobile applications. However there is some confusion about how they
Why Android Devices Can't Act as Beacons
By David G. Young Since we released the open source Android Library a few months ago, allowing Android devices to detect beacons just like iOS,
Beacon Monitoring in the Background and Foreground
By David G. Young There has been lots of confusion about how Beacon monitoring and ranging work in the background on iOS. In general ranging
CoreBluetooth Doesn't Let You See Beacons
By David G. Young So, is there any way to to monitor or range for any beacon regardless of its ProximityUUID on iOS? The short