This is where a small, unassuming piece of technology is making a massive impact: Bluetooth beacon. While the term might sound highly technical, these devices are quietly becoming the invisible ...

EM Microelectronic announced the FCC certification for operation within the US, CE certification for the European Union, and IC certification for Canada of their EMBC01 Bluetooth beacon. EMBC01 is a ...

Bluetooth refers to the technology in cellphones, earbuds, laptops and other smaller electronic devices that enables them to connect to networks. This same technology is used in Bluetooth beacons, ...

Mobile and cloud-based technology startup Mist Systems, located in Cupertino, Calif., has developed a solution that creates “virtual Bluetooth Low Energy (vBLE) beacons” by using software algorithms ...

The answer to getting improved navigation when passing through tunnels and other areas that restrict GPS and cellular connections is coming to Google Maps for Android. It is the Bluetooth beacons that ...

Technology startup Blesh is offering beacons and a content-management systems (CMS) software development kit (SDK) to be used as part of a public project being undertaken with Google, known as the ...

One of the most intriguing technologies of 2013 was Apple’s iBeacons protocol in iOS 7, for Bluetooth Low Energy-based transponders known as beacons. Two years later, beacons are of very high interest ...

Jake is a cybersecurity graduate with a knack for simplifying complex technical concepts into digestible nuggets of information. Approaching his one-year milestone of keeping you in the loop on the ...

A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego has demonstrated for the first time that the Bluetooth signals emitted constantly by our mobile phones have a unique fingerprint that can ...

These new offerings are ideal for Internet of Things and Bluetooth Beacon applications, and make it easy for designers to take advantage of the low power consumption and simplicity of Bluetooth LE ...

Google Maps is getting a lot of love lately, and in addition to support for 3D buildings and saving the parking location on Android Auto, the app has quietly received what I believe is the biggest ...